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    The restoration of fire-damaged historical monuments entails a wide range of scientific questions. Taking as a starting point the case of Notre-Dame de Paris, this Comment defines the materials science challenges of post-fire restoration, and also briefly outlines the issues of structural integrity, fire safety and preservation ethics.

    • Ylenia Praticò
    • , John Ochsendorf
    •  & Robert J. Flatt

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    A model is proposed to predict the corrosion rate of steels embedded in different porous media including concrete, wood and soil. It relies on the moisture state and the pore structure, which affect the electrochemical dissolution kinetics.

    • Matteo Stefanoni
    • , Ueli M. Angst
    •  & Bernhard Elsener

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