Emeritus Professor Email christopher.hall@ed.ac.uk Location nfo No Fixed Office Personal Page Personal website Social Media Google Scholar Research Institutes Materials and Processes Academic Qualifications MA, DPhil, DSc (Oxford) Professional Qualifications and Memberships CEng, FRSC, FIMMM, FREng, FRSE Research Interests Google Scholar for publications and citationsPersonal webpageMy 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.
