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Influence of Grain Size on the Surface Heave due to Sodium Chloride Internal Crystallization

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Crystallization of a salt in a porous medium can lead to the generation of stresses on the pore wall. This stress generation mechanism causes the phenomenon of surface heave, i.e. the upward displacement of the porous material surface.This surface heave phenomenon is studied from experiments with random packings of particles (glass beads) confined in a quasi-2D cell when the crystallization of sodium chloride is induced by evaporation. It is shown that the grain size has a significant impact on the surface heave. In addition, it show the existence of an optimal grain size maximizing the heave. This suggest that the bead size dependence is not related to the mechanical aspect of the problem but is rather linked to the impact of the bead size on the morphology and internal properties of the growing subflorescence.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1185)

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117-131

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https://doi.org/10.4028/p-7znsLD

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December 2025

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Babacar Diouf*

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Evaporation, Pore Size, Porous Medium, Salt Crystallization, Subflorescence, Surface Heave

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