{"title":"Characterization of salt crystals in soil using electrochemical measurements","authors":"Ferid Mezdari, Walaeddine Maaoui, Faycel Tiss, Mustapha Najjari, Kamel Khirouni, Noureddine Hamdi","doi":"10.1615/jpormedia.2024052860","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Soil salinization is considered among the most serious problems that affect irrigated lands and, thus, food security in the world. It is interesting to develop methods to test soil salinization. In this paper, the electric properties of sand-salt crystals (NaCl) mixtures (SSM) are investigated using electrical impedance spectroscopy. Seven samples were considered by mixing dry sand and salt crystals with different salt mass percentages (SMP) from 0% to 100%. The electrical responses are explored by measuring the electrical impedance and the global conductance for different SSM filling a small capacitive cell. The influence of frequency and SMP on the electrical conductance and the complex impedance are investigated. It was found that the conductance shows high dispersion with SMP at the whole frequency range and a high dispersion with frequency at low and high frequencies (≤103Hz and ≥105Hz). Impedance diagrams show a frequency dispersion at high and low frequencies that is modeled by an equivalent circuit constituted of three dipoles in series, each one formed by a pure resistance and a constant phase element in parallel. Findings characteristics are directly related to the rate of salt crystals in the samples. Then, the method developed in this work constitutes a non-destructive technique for detecting salt crystals in soils in arid regions and can be used to develop devices for in situ measurements.","PeriodicalId":50082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Porous Media","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Porous Media","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1615/jpormedia.2024052860","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Soil salinization is considered among the most serious problems that affect irrigated lands and, thus, food security in the world. It is interesting to develop methods to test soil salinization. In this paper, the electric properties of sand-salt crystals (NaCl) mixtures (SSM) are investigated using electrical impedance spectroscopy. Seven samples were considered by mixing dry sand and salt crystals with different salt mass percentages (SMP) from 0% to 100%. The electrical responses are explored by measuring the electrical impedance and the global conductance for different SSM filling a small capacitive cell. The influence of frequency and SMP on the electrical conductance and the complex impedance are investigated. It was found that the conductance shows high dispersion with SMP at the whole frequency range and a high dispersion with frequency at low and high frequencies (≤103Hz and ≥105Hz). Impedance diagrams show a frequency dispersion at high and low frequencies that is modeled by an equivalent circuit constituted of three dipoles in series, each one formed by a pure resistance and a constant phase element in parallel. Findings characteristics are directly related to the rate of salt crystals in the samples. Then, the method developed in this work constitutes a non-destructive technique for detecting salt crystals in soils in arid regions and can be used to develop devices for in situ measurements.
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The Journal of Porous Media publishes original full-length research articles (and technical notes) in a wide variety of areas related to porous media studies, such as mathematical modeling, numerical and experimental techniques, industrial and environmental heat and mass transfer, conduction, convection, radiation, particle transport and capillary effects, reactive flows, deformable porous media, biomedical applications, and mechanics of the porous substrate. Emphasis will be given to manuscripts that present novel findings pertinent to these areas. The journal will also consider publication of state-of-the-art reviews. Manuscripts applying known methods to previously solved problems or providing results in the absence of scientific motivation or application will not be accepted. Submitted articles should contribute to the understanding of specific scientific problems or to solution techniques that are useful in applications. Papers that link theory with computational practice to provide insight into the processes are welcome.