Slaking is a rapid wetting of soil aggregates that affects their stability in the face effects water. The aggregate’s has an indirect influence on functioning through its minimising erosion. Testing slaking very simple, does not need additional complicated equipment and could be done for any point. was performed natural air-dry (7–10 mm) sampled from arable layers four different types soils wit...

Hydrated lime is a historic material currently used in conservation. It hardens slowly by carbonation slowing construction however, supplementary cementitious materials accelerate hardening enhancing strength. Hydrated-lime mortars with rice husk ash–RHA-; ground granulated blastfurnace slag–GGBSand increasing amounts of two aggregates were studied. Increasing aggregate lowered strength as inte...

Sun protection creams were formulated with a commercial rosemary extract and with thermal waters from different springs in the Northwest Spain. A six month stability study was carried out and microbiological and chemical stability, as well as sensorial characteristics, were evaluated. In all creams, the mesophilic count always remained low (under 10 cfu/mL) and most of them showed greater antio...