Today, mainly thermosetting adhesives based on epoxy and polyester are used in stone conservation. The fact that these adhesives do not fulfill the general requirement for reversibility in conservation was the starting point for this work. Certain reaction resins based on methyl methacrylate (MMA) offer an alternative: although these have the…[Read more]

If there is one thing that most people remember about ancient stone quarrying techniques, it is that wooden wedges soaked in water to make them swell were used to split the stones. However, today experts are divided in their opinion as to whether this method was actually used. Previous research on the splitting of stones with wooden wedges by…[Read more]