Characterizing saline uptake and salt distributions in porous limestone with neutron radiography and X-ray micro-tomography

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 353-374

  Derluyn, Hannelore ^a,b   Griffa, Michele ^b   Mannes, David ^c   Jerjen, Iwan ^b   Dewanckele, Jan ^d   Vontobel, Peter ^c   Sheppard, Adrian ^e   Derome, Dominique ^b   Cnudde, Veerle ^d   Lehmann, Eberhard ^c   Carmeliet, Jan ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Limestone; neutron radiography; saline uptake; salt crystallization; X ray micro tomography

Indexed keywords

LIME; LIMESTONE; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRONS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

LIQUID PENETRATION; POROSITY ANALYSIS; SALINE UPTAKE; SALT CRYSTALLIZATION; SALT PRECIPITATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION; WETTING DRYING CYCLES; X-RAY MICRO TOMOGRAPHIES;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876808215     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259112473947     Document Type: Article

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