Salt Crystallization in Porous Media

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.

Preface xi Hannelore DERLUYN and Marc PRAT Introduction xv Marc PRAT Part 1. Fundamental Aspects 1 Chapter 1. Thermodynamics and Salt Crystallization Kinetics 3 Lionel MERCURY Chapter 2. Crystallization Pressure 25 Noushine SHAHIDZADEH Chapter 3. Evaporation, Transport, and Crystallization 45 Marc PRAT Chapter 4. Poromechanics and Confined Crystallization in Porous Media 75 Patrick DANGLA Chapter 5. Experimental Observations on Salt Crystallization in Geomaterials 99 Hannelore DERLUYN Part 2. Illustrations 127 Chapter 6. Large-Scale Mineral Precipitation and Its Effects on Infrastructures 129 Anna RAMON-TARRAGONA and Eduardo E. ALONSO Chapter 7. Salts in Heritage Sites 163 Julie DESARNAUD Chapter 8. Salt Crystallization in a Changing Environment 189 Beatriz MENÉNDEZ List of Authors 231 Index 233