Research Article

The Effect of Salt Solutions and Absorption Cycles in the Capillary and Drying Coefficient of Red Brick Samples with Different Joints

Table 2

Capillary absorption coefficient of monolithic red brick specimens partially immersed in pure water and saturated solutions of KCl and Na2SO4.

SolutionCapillary absorption coefficient [kg/(m2·s1/2)]
MeanStandard deviationVariation coeff (%)

Water0.06750.00355.2%
Water + Na2SO40.05510.00254.5%
Water + KCl0.06600.002510.6%