Nijland, T.G. (author), Larbi, J.A. (author), van Hees, R.P.J. (author), Lubelli, B.A. (author), de Rooij, M.R. (author), TNO Bouw (author) A microscopic survey of over 1000 of samples of concrete and masonry mortars from structures in the Netherlands shows that, in practice, self healing occurs in historic lime and lime – puzzolana mortars, in contrast to modern cement bound concretes and mortars. Self healing may be effected by the formation of either new Ca-carbonate, CaCO3, or...
conference paper 2007