title: Salt crystallization during evaporation: impact of interfacial properties.
abstract: Salt damage in stone results in part from crystallization of salts during drying. We study the evaporation of aqueous salt solutions and the crystallization growth for sodium sulfate and sodium chloride in model situations: evaporating droplets and evaporation from square capillaries. The results show that the interfacial properties are of key importance for where and how the crystals form. The consequences for the different forms of salt crystallization observed in practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. nshahidz@science.uva.nl
authors.forename: Noushine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shahidzadeh-Bonn
authors.forename: Salima
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authors.lastname: Rafaï
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonn
authors.forename: Gerard
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authors.lastname: Wegdam