The crystallization of one or multiple salts in porous media (rocks, soils, building materials, etc.) is a subject of major interest in connection with numerous issues such as soil salinization, evaporation, CO2 injection into saline aquifers, the durability of building materials and the preservation of our cultural heritage. Salt Crystallization in Porous Media provides an interdisciplinary review of the key scientific knowledge required to understand this field of research, and illustrates the issues involved through a series of concrete examples. This book has been written for students completing their Master’s level degree or higher in the field, as well as researchers and engineers interested in this research. It may also be of interest to a wider readership, as certain sections can be used to illustrate basic concepts, reaching beyond the subject of salt crystallization itself.
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Preface xiHannelore DERLUYN and Marc PRAT Introduction xvMarc PRAT Part 1. Fundamental Aspects 1 Chapter 1. Thermodynamics and Salt Crystallization Kinetics 3Lionel MERCURY Chapter 2. Crystallization Pressure 25Noushine SHAHIDZADEH Chapter 3. Evaporation, Transport, and Crystallization 45Marc PRAT Chapter 4. Poromechanics and Confined Crystallization in Porous Media 75Patrick DANGLA Chapter 5. Experimental Observations on Salt Crystallization in Geomaterials 99Hannelore DERLUYN Part 2. Illustrations 127 Chapter 6. Large-Scale Mineral Precipitation and Its Effects on Infrastructures 129Anna RAMON-TARRAGONA and Eduardo E. ALONSO Chapter 7. Salts in Heritage Sites 163Julie DESARNAUD Chapter 8. Salt Crystallization in a Changing Environment 189Beatriz MENÉNDEZ List of Authors 231 Index 233
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ISBN
9781789451146
Publisert
2024-09-17
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ISTE Ltd
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667 gr
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
272

Biographical note

Hannelore Derluyn is a CNRS Associate Scientist at the Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes et leurs Réservoirs (LFCR) in Pau, France. Her research focuses on fluid-solid interactions during crystallization processes in geomaterials.

Marc Prat is CNRS Research Director at the Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, France. His research focuses on transport phenomena in porous media.