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Ciaucea di Plans - "Strënc" Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 6/4/2010
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2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

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[ITA] Posto da pick-nick.

[DEU] Pick-nick plätzchen.

[ENG] Place to picnic.







[ITA]

In questo bel bosticino da pick-nick con un bel prato e torrente vicino, si trovava una fornace.

Già i Romani ed i Fenici prima avevano imparato ad usare la calce come materiale da costruzione, mescolata con la sabbia a formare la malta. Inizialmente adoperata nella forma di calce aerea (che indurisce solo se a contatto con aria) venne successivamente mischiata con pezzi di argilla cotta (vasellame, mattoni ecc.) oppure a pozzolana, una sabbia ricca di silice, che ne alterano le caratteristiche di resistenza, impermeabilità e soprattutto ne consentono la presa anche in ambienti non a contatto con aria (tipicamente sott'acqua). Nascevano così le malte idrauliche, sebbene a base di calce aerea.
Già nel 1750 gli ingegneri francesi della scuola di Ponts et Chaussées avevano iniziato a costruire le fondazioni dei ponti mescolando al cemento quella stessa calce idraulica che sarà studiata dall'inglese John Smeaton. Alcune marne calcaree contengono al loro interno impurità argillose o silicee; da questi minerali si può ottenere la calce idraulica naturale in quanto contiene già le caratteristiche di idraulicità senza l'aggiunta di parti esterne.
Vitruvio, nella sua opera De architectura ne descrive la produzione a partire da pietre bianche, cotte in appositi forni dove perdono peso (oggi sappiamo in conseguenza della liberazione di anidride carbonica). Il materiale ottenuto, la calce viva, era poi spenta gettandola in apposite vasche piene di acqua.




[DEU]

In dieser netten gegent mit Pick-nick möglichkeit und einem Bach in der nähe, befindete sich ein Kalkofen.

Baukalk ist ein Bindemittel, das im Bauwesen als Baustoff verwendet wird. Es dient zur Herstellung von Kalkmörtel, der als Mauer- und Putzmörtel eingesetzt wird. Im Bereich der Baugrundverbesserung kann Baukalk zur Bodenverfestigung verwendet werden. Des Weiteren wird er bestimmten Zementsorten beigegeben, um dessen Eigenschaften zu verändern. Reiner Kalkmörtel besitzt im erhärteten Zustand eine geringere Festigkeit als Zementmörtel.
Beim Umgang mit Baukalken ist zu beachten, dass dieser Baustoff stark alkalisch wirkt und zu Verätzungen der Haut führen kann




[ENG]

In this beautiful bosticino from pick-nick with a meadow and stream nearby, was a lime-oven.

Lime is a general term for calcium-containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for a single mineral (native lime) of the CaO composition, occurring very rarely.[citation needed] The word 'lime' originates with its earliest use as building mortar and has the sense of 'sticking or adhering'.[1] Lime can also refer to a sticky substance (birdlime) smeared on branches to catch small birds.
These materials are still used in large quantities as building and engineering materials (including limestone products, concrete and mortar) and as chemical feedstocks, among other uses. Lime industries and the use of many of the resulting products date from prehistoric periods in both the Old World and the New World.
The rocks and minerals from which these materials are derived, typically limestone or chalk, are composed primarily of calcium carbonate. They may be cut, crushed or pulverized and chemically altered. "Burning" (calcination) converts them into the highly caustic material quicklime (calcium oxide, CaO) and, through subsequent addition of water, into the less caustic (but still strongly alkaline) slaked lime or hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2), the process of which is called slaking of lime.
When the term is encountered in an agricultural context, it probably refers to agricultural lime. Otherwise it most commonly means slaked lime, as the more dangerous form is usually described more specifically as quicklime or burnt lime.





Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[ITA] Fbggb nyyn ibygn qryyn sbeanpr. [DEU] Hagre qrz Trjöyor qrf Xnyxbsraf. [ENG] Orybj gur gvzr bs gur yvzr-bira.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)