TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peter Brimblecombe
TI  - Urban pollution and changes to materials and building surfaces. Vol.5
SN  - 9781783268856
U1  - 624.10288 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Imperial College Press
KW  - Technology
KW  - Civil Engineering
N2  - 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, photo chemically active atmospheres. Contemporary pollutants have a greater potential to degrade organic coatings and polymers, which are of great importance to modern structures
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