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The dynamic nature of crystal growth in pores
Abstract
We report that the kinetics of crystal growth in porous media controls a variety of natural processes such as ore genesis and crystallization induced fracturing that can trigger earthquakes and weathering, as well as, sequestration of CO2 and toxic metals into geological formations. Progress on understanding those processes has been limited by experimental difficulties of dynamically studying the reactive surface area and permeability during pore occlusion. Here, we show that these variables cause a time-dependency of barite growth rates in microporous silica. The rate is approximately constant and similar to that observed on free surfaces if fast flow velocities predominate and if the time-dependent reactive surface area is accounted for. As the narrower flow paths clog, local flow velocities decrease, which causes the progressive slowing of growth rates. We conclude that mineral growth in a microporous media can be estimated based on free surface studies when a) the growth rate is normalized to the time-dependent surface area of the growing crystals, and b) the local flow velocities are above the limit at which growth is transport-limited. Lastly, accounting for the dynamic relation between microstructure, flow velocity and growth rate is shown to be crucial towards understanding and predicting precipitation inmore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab.; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
- Univ. of Melbourne (Australia). Dept. of Infrastructure Engineering; CSIRO Land and Water, Glen Osmond, SA (Australia); Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow (Russian Federation). Inst. of Physics of the Earth
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
- Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab.
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Russell Sage Foundation (RSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1325481
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; EAR-1128799; FG02-94ER14466; AC02-06CH11357; 14-17-00658; RFBR 15-34-20989
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Godinho, Jose R. A., Gerke, Kirill M., Stack, Andrew G., and Lee, Peter D. The dynamic nature of crystal growth in pores. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep33086.
Godinho, Jose R. A., Gerke, Kirill M., Stack, Andrew G., & Lee, Peter D. The dynamic nature of crystal growth in pores. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33086
Godinho, Jose R. A., Gerke, Kirill M., Stack, Andrew G., and Lee, Peter D. 2016.
"The dynamic nature of crystal growth in pores". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33086. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1325481.
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title = {The dynamic nature of crystal growth in pores},
author = {Godinho, Jose R. A. and Gerke, Kirill M. and Stack, Andrew G. and Lee, Peter D.},
abstractNote = {We report that the kinetics of crystal growth in porous media controls a variety of natural processes such as ore genesis and crystallization induced fracturing that can trigger earthquakes and weathering, as well as, sequestration of CO2 and toxic metals into geological formations. Progress on understanding those processes has been limited by experimental difficulties of dynamically studying the reactive surface area and permeability during pore occlusion. Here, we show that these variables cause a time-dependency of barite growth rates in microporous silica. The rate is approximately constant and similar to that observed on free surfaces if fast flow velocities predominate and if the time-dependent reactive surface area is accounted for. As the narrower flow paths clog, local flow velocities decrease, which causes the progressive slowing of growth rates. We conclude that mineral growth in a microporous media can be estimated based on free surface studies when a) the growth rate is normalized to the time-dependent surface area of the growing crystals, and b) the local flow velocities are above the limit at which growth is transport-limited. Lastly, accounting for the dynamic relation between microstructure, flow velocity and growth rate is shown to be crucial towards understanding and predicting precipitation in porous rocks.},
doi = {10.1038/srep33086},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1325481},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
issn = {2045-2322},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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