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Environmental Earth Sciences
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences 6/2014

01-09-2014 | Original Article

The influence of building materials on salt formation in rural environments

Authors: Vesna Matović, Suzana Erić, Danica Srećković-Batoćanin, Philippe Colomban, Aleksandar Kremenović

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 6/2014

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Abstract

Blocks of limestone and sandstone used in walls of the Manasija Monastery complex showed damage caused by the efflorescence and subflorescence of different salts in a low-pollution rural environment. In addition to common salts such as thenardite, thermonatrite, trona and gypsum, a small amount of eugsterite and darapskite was also present. Although these sodium and sodium–calcium salts formed where cement mortar was used for repairs, the lithological type and chemical composition of the substrate also had an influence on the development of distinct salts. The interaction between limestone and sandstone (substrates) and a solution rich in sodium (without calcium) was successfully simulated in the laboratory. The presence of gypsum and sodium–calcium sulphate, as experimental products, solely on the limestones indicated that, in addition to the cement-mortar solution, part of the calcium required for the formation of calcium and double sodium–calcium salts could occur from this substrate.
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Metadata
Title
The influence of building materials on salt formation in rural environments
Authors
Vesna Matović
Suzana Erić
Danica Srećković-Batoćanin
Philippe Colomban
Aleksandar Kremenović
Publication date
01-09-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3101-4

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