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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review Letters Année : 2011

Pressure Solution at the Molecular Scale

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The topological evolution of the cleavage surface of a gypsum single crystal during its dissolution in a flowing undersaturated aqueous solution has been observed with an atomic force microscope. The matter transfer from solid to liquid proceeds through the migration of atomic steps. The step velocity has been measured and appears to depend on the force applied by the tip on the surface. Whereas the high force velocity enhancement is likely to stem from corrosive wear, the speed behavior at low force (< 10 nN) differs drastically and can be interpreted as a consequence of the pressure solution of the crystal induced by the tip force. The step velocity evolution with the force obeys the known kinetic law of pressure solution. Hence these experiments enable us to evidence a first atomic mechanism at the origin of pressure solution.
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hal-03526875 , version 1 (14-01-2022)

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Edgar Alejandro Pachon-Rodriguez, Agnès Piednoir, Jean Colombani. Pressure Solution at the Molecular Scale. Physical Review Letters, 2011, 107, ⟨10.1103/physrevlett.107.146102⟩. ⟨hal-03526875⟩
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