Time-dependent shapes of a dissolving mineral grain: Comparisons of simulations with microfluidic experiments

• Published in: Chemical geology Vol. 540; no. C
• Main Authors: Dutka, Filip, Starchenko, Vitaliy, Osselin, Florian, Magni, Silvana, Szymczak, Piotr, Ladd, Anthony J. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier 01.05.2020
• Subjects: GEOSCIENCES; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Experimental observations of the dissolution of calcium sulfate by flowing water have been used to investigate the assumptions underlying pore-scale models of reactive transport. Microfluidic experiments were designed to observe changes in size and shape as cylindrical disks (radius 10 mm) of gypsum...