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Approximately 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Florence, Italy, is a city called Carrara in the province of Tuscany. Well known around the world for its white marble quarries, Carrara has provided its stone for such famous historic projects as the Trocadarro in Rome and the Marble Arch in London. In recent history, the white marble became infamous in modern architecture for being a failing cladding material for a number of contemporary large-scale projects. The stone failures have been attributed to a phenomenon known as thermal hysteresis.
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Thermal Hysteresis
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(2007). Thermal Hysteresis. In: Failed Stone. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8285-8_1
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