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← HistoryWhich risk increases within the pietra dura inlay of Mughal garden fountains during seasonal ground freezing?
A)Decomposition of organic filler
B)Increased aggregate chemical weathering
C)Accelerated binder phase diffusion
D)Advancement of ice lens cracking✓
💡 Explanation
Ice lens cracking worsens because freeze-thaw cycles introduce high stress as expanding ice crystals form within pores which causes fracturing, therefore, cracking risk of pietra dura increases, rather than fillers decomposing, because surrounding mechanical stresses are greater.
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