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Elemental behaviour during the process of corrosion of sekishu glazed roof-tiles affected by Lecidea s.lat. sp. (crustose lichen)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

K. Watanabe ,
H. Ohfuji ,
J. Ando  and
R. Kitagawa
K. Watanabe*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
H. Ohfuji
Affiliation:
Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, 2-5 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, 790-8577, Japan
J. Ando
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
R. Kitagawa
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
*
*E-mail: katsuaki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Elemental behaviour, during the process of weathering of glazed sekishu roof-tiles affected by Lecidea s.lat. sp. (a crustose lichen), was investigated using optical and fluorescence microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy. Sekishu roof tiles have an opaque reddish brown glaze on their surfaces which consist of an alkali feldspar-type X-ray amorphous glass recrystallized at 1200°C. Optical and fluorescence microscopy revealed the presence of corrosion pits (at a depth of ∼50 μm) at the lichen-glaze interface. Elemental mapping by FE-SEM identified the concentrations of Ti and Fe in the section of the glazed tile analysed. The behaviour of C was correlated with those elements, suggesting the possibility of biomineralization.

Keywords

lichentilesweatheringbiomineralizationbiodegradationbiodeterioration

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Clay Minerals , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , December 2006 , pp. 819 - 826
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2006

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