Which degradation risk increased due to hygroscopic salts in Mughal pietra dura?

💡 Explanation

Tessera loosening occurs because the hygroscopic salts absorbed moisture resulting in crystal expansion. This causes mechanical stress at the interface between the tesserae and the substrate, therefore the expansion results in tessera detachment, rather than other surface altering processes.

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