The chemomechanics of crystallization during rewetting of limestone impregnated with sodium sulfate

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1472-1481

  Espinosa Marzal, Rosa M ^a,b   Hamilton, Andrea ^c   McNall, Megan ^a   Whitaker, Kathryn ^a   Scherer, George W ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Phase transformation; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRATES; COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; DESTRUCTIVE MECHANISM; DISSOLUTION-CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTIC ANALYSIS; HYDRATED SALT; KINETICS OF CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIAL FRACTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIRABILITE; NUMERICAL MODELING; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; PORE WALL; RE-WETTING; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; LIMESTONE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SODIUM SULFATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 81455159207     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.137     Document Type: Article

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