A title seldom gives exhaustive information about the content it precedes. Consequently, we
sometimes find ourselves disappointed when we realize that a paper is not about what we …

One of the key deterioration factors for porous inorganic building materials are soluble salts.
To be able to remediate or mitigate this problem it is fundamental to understand the principal …

Salt crystallization in porous materials constitutes one of the most frequent causes of decay
of buildings in a wide range of environments. Up to now no definitive solution exists to limit …

Although masonry walls are a composite of mortar and brick, in numerical simulations the
actual composition is often simplified to a homogenous brick layer. This article studies the …

Evaporation from porous media involves complex pore scale transport processes affecting
liquid phase distribution and fluxes. Often, the initial evaporation rate is nearly constant and …

It is an unpalatable fact that while objects can deteriorate through lack of care and attention,
they can also deteriorate as a result of inappropriate and misguided interventions. This is …

Enchanced understanding of the drying kinetics of building materials is important to explain
durability and improve conservation. Cavity ring-down spectroscopy has been demonstrated …

Paints are widely used as finishing coats on all kinds of buildings. Aiming at a better
understanding of how paints influence salt decay processes, experiments were performed …

Subflorescence refers to crystallized salt structures that form inside a porous medium. We
report a drying experiment revealing major development of subflorescence in the dry region …

Salt decay is a very destructive mechanism that affects frequently the porous building
materials of our architectural heritage. Sodium sulfate is one of the salts found in this context …