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Course Name	Turkish	Taş Koruma
	English	Conservation of Stone
Course Code	RST 608E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Işıl Polat Pekmezci
Course Objectives		Conservation architects,engineers and chemists who will work on conservation of stone will learn theoretically the scientific principles of cleaning, consolidation, integration, plastic repairs in order to preserve original stone objects, and are trained prior to implementation by conducting experimental work depending on a laboratory research program.
Course Description		Historical evolution of stone conservation theory and practices (end of 19 century - 2002); stone consolidants; ethyl silicate, epoxy resins, acrylic resins, alkyl alkoxy silanes, silane-siloxanes and water repellents; recent developments: microemulsions; environments of degradation and morphology of natural stones; suitable reinforcers; cosmetic and plastic repairs; a laboratory research program in which the effectiveness of the stone consolidant is investigated with related experimental standards.
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