Overview
Contact: Veerle Cnudde
- The kinetic properties of salts in a mixture are one of the most unpredictable in nature and an area of science in which theoretical calculations deviate from experimental results.
- Environmental conditions affect the formation of complex salts.
Applications
- Deterioration of materials in built environments
- Chemical weathering and mineral formation on earth and planets
Phase transitions of salts under changing climatic conditions (PREDICT)
- Experiments focus on salts commonly found in building materials.
- The phase transitions and the formation of complex salts under realistic climatic conditions will be recorded while salt crystals are identified by means of micro-RAMAN spectroscopy and XRD.
FIGURE: (EP)SEM image (Zeiss) of a crystallized salt mixture (15% RH and 2.9°C) containing equimolar amounts of Na+_K+_NO3-_SO42-.
See also: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c01486