Urban Pollution And Changes To Materials And Building Surfaces

Peter Brimblecombe

• Publisher: ICP
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781783268870
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Science General
• Index: Biological Sciences

Pollution damages materials, but it has changed dramatically in the past century, with a reduction in the concentration of corrosive primary pollutants in urban atmospheres. At the same time, architectural styles and types of materials have changed, as we have moved to more organically rich, photochemically active atmospheres. Contemporary pollutants have a greater potential to degrade organic coatings and polymers, which are of great importance to modern structures.

Urban Pollution and Changes to Materials and Building Surfaces examines a range of materials, discussing the ways in which they are likely to be damaged by contemporary urban pollutants, with an emphasis on the effects of air pollution. A chapter on graffiti is also included.

The wide scope covered means that this volume is suitable for readers from a broad background. It should be of interest to scientists and policymakers dealing with the effects of urban pollution, as well as undergraduate and graduate students working in this area.

This book, with its wealth of information, is of exceedingly good value for readers who seek to understand more on the changes of materials and building surfaces by urban pollution.

Pollution damages materials, but it has changed dramatically in the past century, with a reduction in the concentration of corrosive primary pollutants in urban atmospheres. At the same time, architectural styles and types of materials have changed, as we have moved to more organically rich, photochemically active atmospheres. Contemporary pollutants have a greater potential to degrade organic coatings and polymers, which are of great importance to modern structures.

Urban Pollution and Changes to Materials and Building Surfaces examines a range of materials, discussing the ways in which they are likely to be damaged by contemporary urban pollutants, with an emphasis on the effects of air pollution. A chapter on graffiti is also included.

The wide scope covered means that this volume is suitable for readers from a broad background. It should be of interest to scientists and policymakers dealing with the effects of urban pollution, as well as undergraduate and graduate students working in this area.

This book, with its wealth of information, is of exceedingly good value for readers who seek to understand more on the changes of materials and building surfaces by urban pollution.

Readership: Scientists and policymakers dealing with the effects of urban pollution, as well as undergraduate and graduate students working in this area.
Key Features:

• There are very few books that treat the problem in general although there are some on materials such as stone, glass and metals, which have chapters on air pollutants

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• 1. Past, Present and Future Damage to Materials and Building Surfaces in the Polluted Urban Environment
• 2. Weathering of Building Materials
• 3. Air Pollution Damage to Stone
• 4. Composition and Chemistry of Crusts on Stone
• 5. Soiling and Discolouration
• 6. Air Pollution Damage to Metals
• 7. Air Pollution Damage to Glass
• 8. Air Pollution and Changes to the Biology of Urban Fabric
• 9. The Whole Building and Patterns of Degradation
• 10. The Historic and Archaeological Heritage: Pollution and Non-Urban Sites
• 11. Evaluation of Cleaning Methods for Graffiti Removal
• Index