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Centre for
Materials Science and Engineering
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Professor Christopher Hall
MA DPhil DSc (Oxford) CEng FRSC FIM
Professor of Materials, The University of
Edinburgh 1999 --
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
Christopher.Hall@ed.ac.uk
Research interests
My main scientific interests are in the
chemistry of materials and geomaterials used in oilfield and
civil 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 analysis and chemistry
in archaeology and building conservation.
Water transport in brick, stone and concrete, C Hall and W D Hoff. [Book; comprehensive research monograph]
Some of our recent work on construction
and heritage materials is described in the March 2005 issue of
Materials World (Institute of Materials).
Some of recent work on
water transfer in building structures is described in the January
2007 issue of Materials World (Institute of Materials).
Research group
Dr Andrea Hamilton
Alanna Stacey-Campbell
Isobel Griffin
Former postgraduates
Camelia Vladu (completed PhD 2006)
Laurianne Robinet (completed PhD 2006)
Kostas Kyritsis (completed PhD 2008)
Recent publications
- N Meller, K Kyritsis and C Hall. The
hydrothermal decomposition of calcium monosulfoaluminate 14-hydrate to
katoite hydrogarnet and beta-anhydrite: an in-situ synchrotron X-ray
diffraction study. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2009, v182, 2743-2747. [DOI]
- L Robinet, C Hall, K Eremin, S
Fearn and J Tate. Alteration of soda silicate glasses by organic
pollutants in museums: Mechanisms and kinetics. Journal of
Non-Crystalline Solids 2009, v355, 1479-1488. [DOI]
- M A Wilson, M A Carter, C Hall, W D
Hoff, C Ince, S D Savage, B McKay and I M Betts. Dating fired-clay
ceramics using long-term power law rehydroxylation kinetics.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A 2009, v465, 2407-2415. [DOI]
- K Kyritsis, N Meller and C Hall.
Chemistry and morphology of hydrogarnets formed in cement-based CASH
hydroceramics cured at 200° to 350°C. Journal of the American
Ceramic
Society 2009, v92, 1105–1111 [DOI]
- K Kyritsis, C Hall, D Bentz, N Meller and
M A Wilson. Relationship between engineering properties,
mineralogy, and microstructure in cement-based hydroceramic materials
cured at 200°–350°C. Journal of the American Ceramic
Society 2009, v92, 694–701 [DOI]
- N Meller, K Kyritsis and C Hall.
The mineralogy of the CaO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O (CASH) hydroceramic system from 200 to 350 °C. Cement and Concrete Research 2009, v39, 45–53 [DOI]
- I D H Oswald, A Hamilton, C Hall, W G Marshall, T
J Prior and C R Pulham. In situ characterization of elusive salt
hydrates: The crystal structures of the heptahydrate and octahydrate of
sodium sulfate. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008 [DOI]
- A Hamilton, C Hall and L Pel. Sodium sulfate
heptahydrate: direct observation of crystallization in a porous
material. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2008, v41, 212002. [DOI]
- C Hall and A Hamilton. The heptahydrate of sodium
sulfate: Does it have a role in terrestrial and planetary geochemistry?
Icarus 2008, v198, 277-279. [DOI]
- S Savage, M A Wilson, M A Carter, B McKay, W D Hoff and C Hall.
Mass gain due to the chemical recombination of water in fired clay
brick. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2008. [DOI]
- A Hamilton and C Hall. Sodium
sulfate heptahydrate: a synchrotron energy-dispersive diffraction study of an
elusive metastable hydrated salt. Journal of Analytical Atomic
Spectrometry 2008, v23, 840-844. [DOI]
- I Ioannou, A Hamilton and C Hall. Capillary absorption of
water and n-decane by autoclaved aerated concrete. Cement and Concrete
Research 2008, v38, 766-771. [DOI]
- J. Skibsted and C. Hall.
Characterization of cement minerals, cements and their reaction products at the
atomic and nano scale. Cement and Concrete Research 2008, v38, 205-225. [DOI].
- S D Savage, M A
Wilson, M A Carter, W D Hoff,
C Hall and
B McKay. Moisture expansion and mass gain in fired clay
ceramics: a two-stage (time)1/4 process.
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2008,
v41, 055402. [DOI]
- C Hall and W D Hoff. Rising damp: capillary rise dynamics
in walls. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 2007, v463, 1871-1884. [DOI].
- A Hamilton and C Hall. A note on the density of a calcium
silicate hydrate board material. Journal of Building Physics 2007, v31,
69-70. [DOI]
- C Hall, W D Hoff, H-W Reinhardt, A Pfingstner, M A Wilson and L
Serino. Sequential imbibition of two immiscible liquids into
concrete. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2007, v40,
4642-4646. [DOI]
- N C Collier, M A Wilson, M A Carter, WD Hoff, C Hall, R J Ball, A
El-Turki and G C Allen. Theoretical development and validation of a
Sharp Front model of the dewatering of a slurry by an absorbent
substrate. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2007, v40,
4049-4054. [DOI]
- L Robinet, K. Eremin, C Coupry, C Hall and N Lacome. Effect of organic acid vapors on the alteration
of soda silicate glass. Journal of Non-Crystallline Solids 2007, v353,
1546-1559. [DOI]
- C Hall. Anomalous diffusion in unsaturated flow -- fact or
fiction? Cement and Concrete Research 2006, November 2006. [DOI]
- L Robinet, C Coupry, K Eremin and C Hall. Raman investigation
of the structural changes during alteration of historic glasses by
organic pollutants. Journal of Raman
Spectroscopy 2006, v37, 1278-1286. [DOI]
- L Robinet, C Coupry, K Eremin and C Hall. The use of Raman
spectrometry to predict the stability of historic glasses. Journal of
Raman Spectroscopy 2006, v37, 789-797. [DOI]
- C Vladu, C Hall and G C Maitland. Flow properties of freshly
prepared ettringite suspensions in water at 25 °C. Journal of
Colloid
and Interface Science 2006, v294, 466-472. [DOI]
- F Marica, Q Chen, A Hamilton, C Hall, T Al and B J Balcom.
Spatially resolved measurement of rock core porosity. Journal of
Magnetic Resonance, Oct 2005, v178. [DOI]]
- L Robinet, K Eremin, S Fearn, C R Pulham and C Hall.
Understanding glass deterioration in museum collections through Raman
spectroscopy and SIMS analysis. Materials Research Society
Symposium Proceedings 2005, v852, OO8.8.1-8.8.
- I Ioannou, C Hall, W D Hoff, V A Pugsley and S D M
Jacques.Synchrotron
radiation energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction analysis of salt
distribution in Lépine limestone. The Analyst 2005, v130,
1006-1008. [DOI]
- N Meller, C Hall and J S Phipps. A new phase diagram for the
CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O
hydroceramic system at 200 °C. Materials
Research Bulletin 2005, v40, 715-723. [DOI]
- A Hamilton and C Hall. Physicochemical characterization of a
hydrated calcium silicate board material. Journal of Building
Physics 2005, v29, 9-19.
- S L Colston, P Barnes, A C Jupe, S D M Jacques,
C Hall, P Livesey, J Dransfield, N Meller and G C Maitland. An
in situ synchrotron energy-dispersive diffraction study of
the
hydration of oilwell cement systems under high temperature/autoclave
conditions up to 130 °C. Cement and Concrete Research 2005,
v35, 2223-2232. [DOI]
- I Ioannou, W D Hoff and C Hall. On the role of organic
adlayers in the anomalous water sorptivity of Lepine limestone. Journal
of
Colloid and Interface Science 2004, v279, 228-234.
- P Meredith, A M Donald, N Meller and C Hall. Tricalcium
aluminate hydration: Microstructural observations by in-situ electron
microscopy. Journal of Materials Science 2004, v39, 997-1005.
- N Meller, C Hall, A C Jupe, S L Colston, S D M Jacques, P Barnes
and J Phipps. The paste hydration of brownmillerite with and without
gypsum: a time resolved synchrotron diffraction study at 30, 70, 100
and 150 °C. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2004, v14, 428-435. [.pdf full text]
- S Roels, J Carmeliet, H Hens, O Adan, H Brocken, R Cerny, C
Hall, L Pel. A comparison of different techniques to quantify moisture
content profiles
in porous building materials. Journal of Thermal Envelope and Building
Science
2004, v2, 261-276.
- J Carmeliet, H Hens, S Roels, O Adan, H Brocken, R Cernik, Z
Pavlik, C. Hall. Determination of the liquid water diffusivity from
transient moisture transfer experiments. Journal of Thermal Envelope
and Building Science 2004, v27, 277-305. [.pdf
full text]
- S Roels, J Carmeliet, H Hens, O Adan, H Brocken, R. Cerny, Z
Pavlik, C. Hall. Interlaboratory comparison of hygric properties of
porous building materials. Journal of Thermal Envelope and Building
Science 2004, v27, 307-325.
- I Ioannou, C Hall, M A Wilson, W D Hoff, M A Carter.
Direct measurement of the wetting front capillary pressure in a clay
brick ceramic. Journal of Physics D; Applied Physics, 2003, v36,
3176-3182
- M A Wilson, W D Hoff, C Hall, B McKay and A Hiley. Kinetics of
moisture expansion in fired clay ceramics: a (time)1/4 law.
Physical Review Letters 2003, v90, 125503.
- C Hall and A Hunt. Sensing device transported by fluid flow.
British Patent no GB 2,352,042, 5 Mar 2002.
- C Hall and W D Hoff. Water Transport in Brick, Stone and
Concrete, Taylor and Francis, London 2002.[more...]
- J Skibsted, C Hall and H-J Jakobsen. Nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging of cements and cement-based
materials. In J Bensted and P Barnes (eds) Structure and Performance of
Cements, Second edn, Taylor and Francis London 2002.
- C Hall and D Bosbach. Scanning probe microscopy: a new view of
the mineral/water interface. In J. Skalny (ed.) Materials Science of
Concrete, vol 6, American Ceramic Society, pp 101-128. [.pdf full text]
- P Barnes, A C Jupe et al. Tomographic energy-dispersive
diffraction imaging of static and dynamic systems. Nondestructive
Testing and Evaluation 2001, v17, 143-167.
- A C Jupe, J K Cockcroft, P Barnes, S L Colston, G Sankar
and C Hall. The site occupation of Mg in the brownmillerite
structure and its effect on hydration properties. Journal of Applied
Crystallography 2001, v34, 55-61.[pdf full text]
- C Hall. Unsaturated flow. Ion and Mass Transport in Concrete,
Materials Science of Concrete Special Volume, American Ceramic Society,
2001, pp 29-57.
- C Hall. Material analysis. United States Patent no 6,072,853 6
June 2000. [.pdf title page]
- S C Taylor, C Hall, W D Hoff and M A Wilson. Partial
wetting in capillary liquid absorption by limestones. Journal of
Colloid and Interface Science 2000, v224, 351-357. [abstract]
- C Hall, S L Colston, A C Jupe, S D M Jacques, R
Livingston, A O A Ramadan, A W Amde and P Barnes. Non-destructive
energy-dispersive diffraction imaging of the interior of bulk concrete.
Cement and Concrete Research 2000, v30, 491-495. [abstract]
- P Barnes, S Colston, B Craster, C Hall, A Jupe, S Jacques,
J Cockcroft, S Morgan, M Johnson, D O'Connor and M
Bellotto. Time- and space-resolved dynamic studies on ceramic and
cementitious
materials. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 2000, v7, 167-177.
Some earlier publications 1996-1999
Contact
Centre for Materials Science & Engineering
and School of Engineering & Electronics
The University of Edinburgh
Sanderson Building
King's Buildings
Edinburgh EH9 3JL
UK
+44 131 650 5679 direct
+44 131 650 4860 office
+44 07798 790048 mobile
Christopher.Hall@ed.ac.uk
Teaching
Materials science and
engineering 2
Advanced
materials 4/5
