Salt crystallization in porous construction materials I Estimation of crystallization pressure
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The crystallization process of soluble salts inside the natural and artificial porous materials partially immersed in different saline solutions has been studied, This procedure is used to simulate the conditions of exposure to salt weathering in which foundations and lower walls of building structures are within the zone of capillary rise of saline
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Experimental evidence of crystallization pressure inside porous media.
Crystallization pressure of salt in porous materials is one of the mechanisms that may induce serious damage, for example, weathering of buildings and monuments of cultural heritage. Since this pressure also causes the solubility of the salt inside a porous material to differ from the bulk solubility, it can be assessed experimentally by measuring the solubility inside the pores. We show that t...
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