Research Article

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

Table 4

Results of the statistical analyses obtained with the drying models tested.

JointsSolutionChi-square () error
ExponentialPageLogarithmicMidilli et al.Diffusional

MonolithicWater12.75%1.54%5.51%7.19%5.93%
Water + Na2SO49.01%1.68%1.58%1.10%20.01%
Water + KCl2.28%2.25%2.12%0.86%11.75%

Hydraulic continuityWater1.83%0.67%0.60%0.61%4.65%
Water + Na2SO47.53%2.23%2.05%1.45%15.90%
Water + KCl2.44%1.46%0.91%2.50%12.66%

Perfect
contact
Water38.75%4.14%17.57%2.76%14.10%
Water + Na2SO473.16%3.12%16.67%57.93%7.03%
Water + KCl1.07%1.12%0.89%0.49%7.70%

Air space interfaceWater3.93%1.10%1.24%0.54%2.74%
Water + Na2SO469.91%5.83%7.69%18.98%20.76%
Water + KCl8.85%1.61%1.04%1.00%4.94%

Sum251.51%26.75%57.87%95.41%128.17%