jaue2013003: Basic physical properties and environmental performances as interior materials of Japanese scallop lime.

Abstract

Interior finish has a big role to improve indoor environment such as amenity and air quality. Thus building materials and natural materials that have adjustment of humidity and deodorization function have come to attract a lot of attention. In this research, basic environmental performances of Japanese scallop lime as interior materials are evaluated. Now Japanese scallop shells are disposed, but they can be used as substitutes for lime because scallop shell and lime are composed of same calcium carbonate and they also absorb CO2 in the air. Moreover, scallop shells absorb CO2 in the sea in the process of their growth. The experiment proved Japanese scallop lime is better than common vinyl wall paper in moisture buffering effect and deodorization. Furthermore, this research has shown that Japanese scallop lime plaster has a property of water repelling unlike general lime plasters.