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Institute for Materials and Processes

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Professor Emeritus Christopher Hall

Senior Professorial Fellow

MA DPhil DSc (Oxford) CEng FRSC FIM FRSE

Professor of Materials, The University of Edinburgh 1999--2010
Director of Research, School of Engineering and Electronics 2002--2008
Visiting Professor, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester 1994--
Visiting Scientific Advisor, Schlumberger Cambridge Research 1999--2005
Visiting Fellow, Princeton University 1998
Senior Member, Robinson College, Cambridge
Brian Mercer Senior Award, Royal Society 2001
Visiting Scientist, DeltaMin Marie Curie Network 2009--2012


Christopher.Hall@ed.ac.uk


Research interests

My main scientific interests are in the chemistry of materials and geomaterials used in construction and oilfield engineering, and the application of several advanced experimental methods. I have worked extensively on capillary liquid transport in porous construction materials (NMR imaging methods, measurement of transport properties and modelling of capillary flow). At present, my research activities are in experimental methods for studying reactive transport and chemomechanical processes in complex inorganic materials such as rocks and cement-based materials. Our recent work includes the development of synchrotron-based diffraction tomography, the application of scanning probe microscopy to mineral/water reactions; the hydrothermal chemistry of materials under deep borehole conditions; and engineering analysis and chemistry in archaeology and building conservation.

Water transport in brick, stone and concrete, Second edition 2012, C Hall and W D Hoff.  [Book; comprehensive research monograph]

Polymer materials
[Textbook]

Recent publications

Some earlier publications 1996-1999


Contact

School of Engineering
The University of Edinburgh
Sanderson Building
King's Buildings
Edinburgh EH9 3JL
UK
+44 131 650 5679 direct

+44 07798 790048 mobile
Christopher.Hall@ed.ac.uk