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International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies
http://TuEngr.com
Rainfall and Chemical Weathering of Basalt Facade at
Puebla Cathedral, Mexico
Margarita Teutli
a*
, and Elizabeth León
a
a
Department of Engineering, Engineering and Technology Division, Benemérita Universidad
Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), MEXICO
A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T
Article history:
Received 04 August 2013
Received in revised form
24 January 2014
Accepted 09 March 2014
Available online
12 March 2014
Keywords:
Environmental Pollution;
atmospheric dust;
rainwater;
Bernard calcimeter method;
Alkalinity;
Atmospheric chloride;
Atmospheric nitrate;
Atmospheric Phosphate
Pollutant emissions from anthropogenic activities have
modified frequency, amount and chemical quality of rainfall at a
specific site. Interactions of atmospheric dust with rainfall have
induced weathering at Puebla Cathedral basalt facade. Chemical
damage in exposed construction materials becomes evident as
crusts, color bleaching, or salt deposits either into the stone or onto
its surface. This work presents data on atmospheric dust (2012),
rainfall (2009, 2011, 2012 years) and weathered basalt samples
collected at downtown Puebla. Samples were characterized by
gravimetric and spectrophotometric techniques for anions and
metals. Results have provided evidence that atmospheric dust
contains carbonates (>300 mg g-1
), sulfate and chloride (<10 mg
g-1
); otherwise main anions in rain samples are
bicarbonate>chloride>sulfate, this order is reproduced in the results
of most weathered basalt samples.
2014 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.
1 Introduction
It is known that weathering of stone facades in ancient buildings is result of the climatic
conditions at the place where they are located. For instance, it has been observed that
limestone is prone to being deteriorated by the transformation of calcium carbonate into
calcium sulfate, which is visible as white crusts; these become detached by contour scaling,
multiple flaking or blistering. Other types of crusts can exhibit variations in color, morphology
or thickness
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teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860
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It is known that engines combustion release SO2 and NOX in the air. The SO2 provides
sulfide from anthropogenic sources, which can be absorbed through several routes such as
absorption into the stone or in binding materials, as well as being transported by rising water as
the phreatic level is modified in the site.
Reported studies have pointed that major weathering contributions come from rain and
atmospheric dust, as example can be cited a Budapest study (Siegesmund et al, 2007) in which
authors mapped two walls at the Citadella with different exposure conditions to wind and
rainfall, they found that weathered samples, in respect to the unweathered reference, exhibit
white crusts which have sulfur ranging between 0.5-5.6 wt %, and they exhibit a gradual
increase from the ground level upward. Also they found that granular disintegration took
place in low lying rows. Black crusts were found in those places sheltered from rainfall, and the
percentage of covered areas slightly decreases from the ground level upwards.
A report about black crusts on travertine (Török, 2008), refers that there are laminar and
framboidal crusts with variations in thickness and gypsum content; compound which is absent
in fresh travertine; crusts mineralogical analysis shown that gypsum occurs in all crusts and
even in atmospheric dust, the last one is rich in quartz and contains 28% gypsum and 5%
calcite. Another report on black crusts (Ortiz et al, 2010) agrees in statement that the main
weathering product is gypsum, which is related to sulphur oxides in the atmospheric
environment; also, surface alteration and the depth of the damage is clearly defined by the stone
porosity, as well as deposits of dust and anthropogenic particles, which are producing surface
alteration.
Another approach in heritage preservation is to estimate the impact of gaseous air
pollutants (Kontozova-Deutsch, 2008) findings indicate that indoor most abundant particles
can be classified as: soil dust, organic, carbonate, ammonium nitrate. Also, it is considered that
chemical composition of indoor particles is more dangerous than the one of particles sampled
outdoors.
About atmospheric dust characterization, some reports (Kyotani and Iwatsuki, 1998;
Bourotte et al, 2005) agree that dust particles should be characterized considering the water and
acid soluble components, applied extraction techniques range from the simple approach of
preparing an analytical sample with distilled water up to sophisticated methods like Inductively
Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). Reported results for metals have
184 Margarita Teutli, and Elizabeth León
provided evidence that the higher soluble concentration is obtained within the first extract; also,
in order of abundance sequence of extracted main anions should be SO4>Cl>NO3; while main
metals abundance corresponds to the sequence Ca>Na>Mg. Finally, anthropogenic activities
make that urban dust chemical composition raises in sulfate concentration, while dust from
the rural areas become high in chloride from marine source; also Boogaard et al (2011) has
provided evidence on how particle composition, black carbon and NO2 presence can be
considered as indicators of non-exhaust emissions
In this report it is presented main findings in atmospheric factors taking place at downtown
Puebla such as rainfall and atmospheric dust, chemical properties of both are correlated with
chemical composition found in weathered basalt at the Cathedral of Puebla.
2 Methodology
Samples of rainwater, weathered basalt and atmospheric dust were collected, the last two
were mixed with water to get the soluble ions, and acid digested to get the total metal
concentrations.
2.1 Rainfall chemical analysis
Rainfall was collected during three seasons (2009, 2011, 2012); samples of 2009 were
exhaustively characterized for pH, conductivity, anions (chloride, hardness, alkalinity, sulfate,
nitrate and phosphate) and metals (sodium, iron, cobalt, lead, nickel, copper, manganese,
cadmium, zinc, magnesium and calcium), results were used to build an statistical analysis
matrix, finding that rainwater composition has an input from atmospheric dust (Teutli et al,
2010). From chemical results of the 2009 season, it was possible to establish the main ions to be
determined, and so far to shorten the number of parameters.
2.2 Weathered basalt chemical analysis
From historical records it is known that Cathedral facade basalt was extracted from the
Bethleem quarry at Puebla; from this place it was possible to get an unweathered sample which
is included as reference. Visual inspection of the Cathedral facade was used to detect
weathered sites, and scrap samples that were mixed with water (1:2 ratio) and chemically
characterized for the following parameters: pH and conductivity; carbonate determined by the
Bernard calcimeter method; gravimetric techniques were used for hardness, alkalinity, and
chloride; otherwise, spectrophotometric techniques were applied for sulfate, nitrate and
*Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address:
teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860
eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf.
185
phosphate.
2.3 Atmospheric dust chemical analysis
Atmospheric dust was collected inside of the Cathedral of Puebla, and outside at the roofs
of three buildings at downtown Puebla (Civil Engineering Board, Colonial Hotel and Saint
Agustin Temple); these samples were mixed with distilled water (1:2 ratio) and analyzed for
pH, conductivity, carbonates, chloride, hardness, alkalinity, sulfate, nitrate, and sulfide. Also
metal concentration soluble and total (from acid digestion) were analyzed by atomic absorption
spectroscopy; determined metals comprise aluminum, copper, manganese, lead, zinc, calcium
and iron.
3 Results and discussion
Considering that reported data comprise liquid samples (rainwater), and two kind of solid
samples (atmospheric dust and weathered basalt), is considered to present chemical
composition of each kind of samples, and after that set up the correlation between them. Data
presented in this paper are the synthesis of three sets of experimental data.
Figure 1: Cumulative rainfall registered
at downtown Puebla.
Figure 2. Rainfal pH values
at downtown Puebla.
3.1 Rainfall chemical characterization
Figure 1 present the cumulative rainfall of the three years 2009, 2011, 2012 data were
obtained from a government meteorological page (Comisión Nacional del Agua) and
corresponds to an average of the precipitation that took place at downtown Puebla, but not
necessarily rain felt at the place where the collection was done. As it can be observed, in 2011
and 2012, similar quantities of rain were obtained, otherwise 2009 was an almost dry year since
the season started very late and cumulative volume was less than 25% with respect to the other
seasons; also, this year exhibit a long period of dryness and rainfall stops about to the 260th
day,
while 2011 stopped at the 300th
day, and 2012 about the 320th
day.
186 Margarita Teutli, and Elizabeth León
Figure 2 presented data for pH. It can be observed strong variations of pH took place at
the beginning of the 2012 season, in which the 100th
day sample exhibit an acid pH (<3), but
after the 140th
day pH started to oscillate between 5.5 and 8.0, so far rainwater has not strong
acidic characteristics.
Figure 3: Rainfal conductivity values
for downtown Puebla.
Figure 4: Rainfall alkalinity values
at downtown Puebla
In Figure 3 are presented results of the electrical conductivity in this plot it is clear that
higher conductivity values took place at the beginning of the rain season, and it happens that
both 2011 and 2012 exhibit a rising trend before the 160th
day, except for the 100th
day of the
2012 (with lower pH), where it happens that conductivity exhibits a drop to a value closer to
the one registered at the beginning of the season. It is after the 160th
day that conductivity
drops to values below 150 mS cm-1
. At this time is considered that rainfall has been enough to
wash out the pollutants in the downtown atmosphere, the amount is about 100 mm of rain.
In Figure 4 are presented results for total alkalinity, this parameter includes HCO3, CO3,
OH, this set of data mainly represents an estimation of the ability to neutralize acidic pollution.
As it can be observed 2011 was the year with higher values, around the 140th
day concentration
was close to 500 ppm, and a similar value is observed at the 280th
day. A lower amount was
observed for rain in 2012 since values never get higher than 280 ppm; also most values oscillate
between 50-150 ppm; otherwise, 2009 was the year with the lower alkalinity since a maximum
registered on the 160th
day was less than 150 ppm. In general for the three years most of the
values were smaller than 200 ppm.
*Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address:
teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860
eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf.
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The second anion in order of importance was chloride (Cl-
), results are shown in Figure 5,
as it can be observed most of the values are between 20 and 80 ppm. A separate analysis
indicates that top values for 2011 were about 200 ppm at the 140th
and 300th
days; otherwise,
2012 only reached two top concentrations around the 100th
and the 130th
days, and a minimal
almost at the end of the season. Finally 2009 was a year with the lowest concentration and a top
value happened almost at the end of the season, this was a consequence of heavy precipitation,
fact which is in agreement with the statement that Cl presence mainly comes from marine
source.
Figure 5: Rainfall chloride values
at downtown Puebla
Figure 6: Rainfall sulfate data
for downtown Puebla
Figure 6 shown the data for sulfate (SO4
-2
) and as it can be observed most values are
between 5- 20 ppm, but between the 140th
and the 170th
days higher sulfate concentrations were
registered for 2009 and 2011, and even though that 2009 was the year with low precipitation.
Sulfate values are really high in the first precipitations. Also there is another period with high
concentrations between 260th
and 280th
days, the one for 2009 even get a higher value than the
observed at the beginning if the season. Otherwise, 2012 was a season that started very early
(40th
day), therefore the early atmosphere wash out did not allow concentration to exceed the
20ppm.
Figure 7 presented the nitrate (NO3) results. As it can be observed most of the values lie
between 0.5-3 ppm, this anion does not follow a consistent pattern since in 2009 higher values
occured at the beginning and end of the season, as it happened with sulfate; otherwise, for
2011 highest concentrations took place between the 140th
and the 160th
days and exhibit another
raise almost at the end of the season but in magnitude less than 50% of the one registered at the
beginning. An anomalous behavior occurs with the 2012, since higher values were registered
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after the 160th
day, and values at the end of the season are even higher than the ones from the
other years.
Figure 7: Rainfall nitrate data Figure 8: Rainfall phosphate data
at downtown Puebla. at downtown Puebla
In general, phosphate (PO4-
3
) concentrations are lower than the ones observed for nitrate,
results are presented in Figure 8. As it can be observed most of the values are below 1 ppm;
also, trends are completely different for all years, since 2009 exhibit a maximum at the
beginning of the season; and another peak, of lower intensity before the end of the season; in
opposite way 2011 exhibit only one maximum and this occurs almost at the end of the season,
while 2012 exhibit a maximum at the middle of the season which is not greater than 2 ppm.,
although, there is presence of some peaks in concentration.
3.2 Weathered basalt chemical characterization
Basalt samples were collected at the main façade (west side, low rainfall impact), at the
lateral facade (north side, high rainfall impact), also in the north tower (faces oriented north,
east, south and west). Chemical characterization results are reported in Table 1. Collected
samples were 19, and it is included a sample of unweathered basalt as reference.
From data in Table 1, it can be observed that pH values in general are more acid than the
reference; also, the higher observed pH is about 80% of the reference. Electric Conductivity
(E. C.) results can be grouped as follow: 3 samples with lower concentration in respect to the
reference, and a higher one which is about 7 times the reference (558 ppm). Total carbonate in
all samples is higher than the reference content, the lower value observed is about 4 times the
reference and the higher value is about 25 times the reference. From these results it can be
*Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address:
teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860
eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf.
189
assumed that higher ionic content can derive in fragility of the stone.
Table 1: Data of weathered basalt.
Sample # Location Orientation
Height,
m
pH E.C.
µS cm-1
CaCO3
g Kg-1
0 Reference 8.62 80 11.00
1 Main Facade West 18.00 5.78 70 296.67
2 North Tower North 30.00 4.48 186 204.69
3 North Tower North 42.00 3.83 242 160.58
4 Main Facade West 1.50 3.62 558 40.00
5 Main Facade West 1.50 6.81 82 233.55
6 Main Facade West 1.35 4.01 93 212.06
7 North Tower North 30.00 5.89 120 170.00
8 North Tower North 42.00 6.02 106 251.71
9 North Tower South 42.00 6.19 177 136.34
10 North Tower South 42.00 6.44 180 173.35
11 North Tower East 42.00 6.48 175 151.18
12 North Tower South 30.00 6.39 71 180.95
13 North Tower East 30.00 3.82 162 135.41
14 Main Facade West 0.10 6.81 57 64.90
15 Main Facade North 0.50 6.93 382 196.87
16 North Tower East 30.00 6.44 227 173.00
17 North Tower West 30.00 6.89 153 194.97
18 North Tower East 42.00 6.89 92 134.39
19 North Tower West 42.00 5.91 389 169.00
Table 2 presented data of soluble anions found in the basalt samples, these data were
restricted to the main anions found in the rainfall chemical data.
From these data it is obvious that anions contribution in weathering basalt can be arranged
in order of importance such as: carbonate>sulfate>chloride>alkalinity>nitrate>phosphate; in
this sequence only nitrate and phosphate match with the rainfall data. Also, it is worthy to point
out how each parameter behaves in respect to the reference.
For total alkalinity all values are above the reference, the lower value is almost 25 times,
while the higher one is almost 63 times; chloride is absent in the reference and the higher value
in samples is 14.2 g Kg-1
; sulfate is present in the reference but weathered basalt exhibits values
lower (2/19), and only two exhibit really high concentrations, the maximum one is almost 100
times the reference; nitrate exhibit a singular response since 8/19 samples have lower values,
and 10/19 have higher values with a maximum which is about 8 times the reference; about
phosphate 2/19 samples are lower than the reference and the maximum reached up to 10 times
the reference. In general it can be said that order has been traslocated in respect to the rainfall
since in order of abundance, the sequence is sulfate>chloride>alkalinity.
190 Margarita Teutli, and Elizabeth León
Table 2: Main water soluble anions in weathered basalt.
Sample # Location
Alkalinity
g Kg-1
Chloride
g Kg-1
Sulfate
g Kg-1
Nitrate
g Kg-1
Phosphate
g Kg-1
0 Reference 0.02 0 1.50 0.08 0.02
1 Main Facade 0.84 10.60 7.58 0.11 0.03
2 North Tower 1.10 3.67 127.93 0.49 0.02
3 North Tower 0.53 9.98 2.72 0.02 0.01
4 Main Facade 0.79 3.71 169.40 0.15 0.17
5 Main Facade 0.55 14.02 2.87 0.05 0.08
6 Main Facade 0.51 9.72 6.86 0.00 0.09
7 North Tower 0.56 7.07 4.98 0.32 0.03
8 North Tower 0.53 3.70 2.76 0.28 0.12
9 North Tower 0.78 0.00 7.04 0.37 0.04
10 North Tower 0.55 3.46 7.42 0.64 0.12
11 North Tower 0.54 10.30 6.97 0.38 0.02
12 North Tower 0.56 3.52 7.54 0.33 0.09
13 North Tower 0.54 6.84 5.98 0.09 0.06
14 Main Facade 0.81 3.41 0.67 0.06 0.11
15 Main Facade 0.80 6.79 0.19 0.06 0.01
16 North Tower 0.80 0.00 2.10 0.18 0.13
17 North Tower 1.26 10.59 2.84 0.16 0.09
18 North Tower 0.56 3.51 2.87 0.04 0.04
19 North Tower 0.54 3.43 7.36 0.05 0.19
It is important to focus on location of collection points taking as reference orientation and
height, then a comparison is done for samples #2 (north, 30 m), #4 (west, 1.5 m) and #10 (south,
42 m) for the parameters carbonate, pH, alkalinity and sulfate. These samples are compared in
function of its position and exposure to rain and wind. Samples #2 and #10 were collected at an
horizontal place but different height and orientation, then there is high probability that dust
become accumulated and by rainfall action being dissolved and penetrate into the basalt matrix;
otherwise, sample #4 was collected in a vertical place almost at the ground level, so far it is
possible that dust and rainfall approach the wall, and slip downwards; in this path dust will be
solubilized and carried on to the floor level. Data are presented in table 3
Table 3: Weathered basalt comparison as function of its orientation
Sample #
CaCO3
g Kg-1 pH
Alkalinity g
Kg-1
Sulfate
g Kg-1
2 204 4.48 1.10 127.00
4 40 3.62 0.79 169.00
10 173 6.44 0.55 7.42
As it can be observed sample#4 (vertical position) has a low carbonate content in respect of
samples #2 and #10, and so far is expected a lower pH, favoring sulfate accumulation which
could come from solubilization of gaseous sulfur dioxide (SO2) . Focused on sulfate content
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pH of sample #2 should be more acid, but both alkalinity and carbonate are higher than the ones
in sample #4, and so far a neutralization could take place increasing the pH. Otherwise,
sample #10 was collected at the south side of the north tower, so far this side has lower
exposition to rain and wind than the north side and that fact could explain why pH is higher
correlating well with the low sulfate content.
3.3 Atmospheric dust
Samples to determine chemical composition were collected at two environments: samples
#1-5 come from the interior of the Cathedral; while samples #7-9 were collected at the roofs of
three buildings with different vehicular density. Data are reported in Table 4.
Table 4: Atmospheric dust data.
Sample
#
Location pH
CaCO3
g Kg-1
Chloride
g Kg-1
Sulfate
g Kg-1
Nitrate
g Kg-1
Phosphate
g Kg-1
1 Sacristy 5.56 278 1.44 11.25 0.97 0.00
2 Candle soot 6.14 346 10.07 46.72 3.85 0.01
3 Main entrance 6.83 343 0.33 5.93 0.003 0.1
4 Choir,
Southeast
7.23 278 0.31 5.47 0.27 0.00
5 Choir South 6.6 299 1.65 29.38 1.04 0.00
6 Choir west 6.2 302 0.00 16.82 0.37 0.00
7 Eng Board
Roof
7.84 364 5.48 5.9 0.30 0.00
8 Colonial Hotel
roof
6.36 359 8.91 0.50 0.54 0.00
9 Saint Agustin
roof
6.62 304 4.45 3.40 0.19 0.00
From these data it can be observed that pH exhibit moderate values which fall between 5.5
and 8. But most of the values are close to the average in weathered basalt which is 5.78.
Carbonate content is between 270 and 370 g Kg-1
, values which are above the ones detected in
weathered basalt, since the higher value was 296 and the average was 170 g Kg-1
. In respect of
chloride it becomes evident that dust at inner spaces has very low content except the sample of
the candle soot, otherwise samples collected outdoors are closer to the average value of
weathered basalt (6.2 ppm). Sulfate data show a higher value in the candle soot, and the sample
collected at the Choir, and all others are below the average value in weathered basalt. Nitrate
values are higher in respect to the average found in weathered basalt (0.2 ppm) and again the
candle sooth exhibit the higher concentration. Phosphate presence is almost null and only the
candle soot and the sample from the main entrance are higher than the average value of
weathered basalt (0.08 ppm).
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4 Conclusion
From rainfall data, it was observed that anions in order of abundance follow the sequence:
alkalinity>chloride>sulfate>nitrate>phosphate, while the corresponding sequence for
weathered basalt is being traslocated as sulfate>chloride>alkalinity>nitrate>phosphate, and in
atmospheric dust it is observed the sequence sulfate>alkalinity>chloride>nitrate>phosphate.
Also this sequence agrees with findings reported by Kiotani and Iwatsuki (1998), and Bourotte
at al (2005).
It can be affirmed that main contribution in rainfall is alkalinity, which is high enough to
avoid acidic pH occurrence in most of the collected samples.
For diagnosis of weathering in heritage buildings is important to account for location,
orientation and height. In this study, results have shown that incorporation of sulfate is highly
dependent of how the stone structure is located (horizontal, vertical), its orientation in respect of
main incidence of rain and wind, as well as it height since lower sites are more prone to
accumulate soluble compounds.
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teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering,
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Dr.Margarita Teutli is professor at the Engineering Department, of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de
Puebla (BUAP). She received her B. Chem. Eng. From the same University. She obtained a master degree in
Chem Eng, from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), and a M.Sc. Degree at Tulane University,
while her Ph.D degree was obtained at the UAM in the Electrochemical Engineering area. Her current research
is focused on Heritage building preservation and Environmental Engineering.
Elizabeth León earned a Bachelor degree in Architecture, and a Master in Patrimony Preservation at the
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP).
Peer Review: This article has been internationally peer-reviewed and accepted for publication
according to the guidelines in the journal’s website. Note: Original version of this article was
accepted and presented at the International Workshop on Livable Cities (IWLC2013) – a joint
conference with International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design
(ICSAUD2013) organized by the Centre of Research Initiatives and School of Housing,
Building & Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia from October 2rd
to 5th
,
2013.
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  • 1. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies http://TuEngr.com Rainfall and Chemical Weathering of Basalt Facade at Puebla Cathedral, Mexico Margarita Teutli a* , and Elizabeth León a a Department of Engineering, Engineering and Technology Division, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), MEXICO A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received 04 August 2013 Received in revised form 24 January 2014 Accepted 09 March 2014 Available online 12 March 2014 Keywords: Environmental Pollution; atmospheric dust; rainwater; Bernard calcimeter method; Alkalinity; Atmospheric chloride; Atmospheric nitrate; Atmospheric Phosphate Pollutant emissions from anthropogenic activities have modified frequency, amount and chemical quality of rainfall at a specific site. Interactions of atmospheric dust with rainfall have induced weathering at Puebla Cathedral basalt facade. Chemical damage in exposed construction materials becomes evident as crusts, color bleaching, or salt deposits either into the stone or onto its surface. This work presents data on atmospheric dust (2012), rainfall (2009, 2011, 2012 years) and weathered basalt samples collected at downtown Puebla. Samples were characterized by gravimetric and spectrophotometric techniques for anions and metals. Results have provided evidence that atmospheric dust contains carbonates (>300 mg g-1 ), sulfate and chloride (<10 mg g-1 ); otherwise main anions in rain samples are bicarbonate>chloride>sulfate, this order is reproduced in the results of most weathered basalt samples. 2014 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH. 1 Introduction It is known that weathering of stone facades in ancient buildings is result of the climatic conditions at the place where they are located. For instance, it has been observed that limestone is prone to being deteriorated by the transformation of calcium carbonate into calcium sulfate, which is visible as white crusts; these become detached by contour scaling, multiple flaking or blistering. Other types of crusts can exhibit variations in color, morphology or thickness 2014 International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. *Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address: teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860 eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf. 183
  • 2. It is known that engines combustion release SO2 and NOX in the air. The SO2 provides sulfide from anthropogenic sources, which can be absorbed through several routes such as absorption into the stone or in binding materials, as well as being transported by rising water as the phreatic level is modified in the site. Reported studies have pointed that major weathering contributions come from rain and atmospheric dust, as example can be cited a Budapest study (Siegesmund et al, 2007) in which authors mapped two walls at the Citadella with different exposure conditions to wind and rainfall, they found that weathered samples, in respect to the unweathered reference, exhibit white crusts which have sulfur ranging between 0.5-5.6 wt %, and they exhibit a gradual increase from the ground level upward. Also they found that granular disintegration took place in low lying rows. Black crusts were found in those places sheltered from rainfall, and the percentage of covered areas slightly decreases from the ground level upwards. A report about black crusts on travertine (Török, 2008), refers that there are laminar and framboidal crusts with variations in thickness and gypsum content; compound which is absent in fresh travertine; crusts mineralogical analysis shown that gypsum occurs in all crusts and even in atmospheric dust, the last one is rich in quartz and contains 28% gypsum and 5% calcite. Another report on black crusts (Ortiz et al, 2010) agrees in statement that the main weathering product is gypsum, which is related to sulphur oxides in the atmospheric environment; also, surface alteration and the depth of the damage is clearly defined by the stone porosity, as well as deposits of dust and anthropogenic particles, which are producing surface alteration. Another approach in heritage preservation is to estimate the impact of gaseous air pollutants (Kontozova-Deutsch, 2008) findings indicate that indoor most abundant particles can be classified as: soil dust, organic, carbonate, ammonium nitrate. Also, it is considered that chemical composition of indoor particles is more dangerous than the one of particles sampled outdoors. About atmospheric dust characterization, some reports (Kyotani and Iwatsuki, 1998; Bourotte et al, 2005) agree that dust particles should be characterized considering the water and acid soluble components, applied extraction techniques range from the simple approach of preparing an analytical sample with distilled water up to sophisticated methods like Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). Reported results for metals have 184 Margarita Teutli, and Elizabeth León
  • 3. provided evidence that the higher soluble concentration is obtained within the first extract; also, in order of abundance sequence of extracted main anions should be SO4>Cl>NO3; while main metals abundance corresponds to the sequence Ca>Na>Mg. Finally, anthropogenic activities make that urban dust chemical composition raises in sulfate concentration, while dust from the rural areas become high in chloride from marine source; also Boogaard et al (2011) has provided evidence on how particle composition, black carbon and NO2 presence can be considered as indicators of non-exhaust emissions In this report it is presented main findings in atmospheric factors taking place at downtown Puebla such as rainfall and atmospheric dust, chemical properties of both are correlated with chemical composition found in weathered basalt at the Cathedral of Puebla. 2 Methodology Samples of rainwater, weathered basalt and atmospheric dust were collected, the last two were mixed with water to get the soluble ions, and acid digested to get the total metal concentrations. 2.1 Rainfall chemical analysis Rainfall was collected during three seasons (2009, 2011, 2012); samples of 2009 were exhaustively characterized for pH, conductivity, anions (chloride, hardness, alkalinity, sulfate, nitrate and phosphate) and metals (sodium, iron, cobalt, lead, nickel, copper, manganese, cadmium, zinc, magnesium and calcium), results were used to build an statistical analysis matrix, finding that rainwater composition has an input from atmospheric dust (Teutli et al, 2010). From chemical results of the 2009 season, it was possible to establish the main ions to be determined, and so far to shorten the number of parameters. 2.2 Weathered basalt chemical analysis From historical records it is known that Cathedral facade basalt was extracted from the Bethleem quarry at Puebla; from this place it was possible to get an unweathered sample which is included as reference. Visual inspection of the Cathedral facade was used to detect weathered sites, and scrap samples that were mixed with water (1:2 ratio) and chemically characterized for the following parameters: pH and conductivity; carbonate determined by the Bernard calcimeter method; gravimetric techniques were used for hardness, alkalinity, and chloride; otherwise, spectrophotometric techniques were applied for sulfate, nitrate and *Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address: teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860 eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf. 185
  • 4. phosphate. 2.3 Atmospheric dust chemical analysis Atmospheric dust was collected inside of the Cathedral of Puebla, and outside at the roofs of three buildings at downtown Puebla (Civil Engineering Board, Colonial Hotel and Saint Agustin Temple); these samples were mixed with distilled water (1:2 ratio) and analyzed for pH, conductivity, carbonates, chloride, hardness, alkalinity, sulfate, nitrate, and sulfide. Also metal concentration soluble and total (from acid digestion) were analyzed by atomic absorption spectroscopy; determined metals comprise aluminum, copper, manganese, lead, zinc, calcium and iron. 3 Results and discussion Considering that reported data comprise liquid samples (rainwater), and two kind of solid samples (atmospheric dust and weathered basalt), is considered to present chemical composition of each kind of samples, and after that set up the correlation between them. Data presented in this paper are the synthesis of three sets of experimental data. Figure 1: Cumulative rainfall registered at downtown Puebla. Figure 2. Rainfal pH values at downtown Puebla. 3.1 Rainfall chemical characterization Figure 1 present the cumulative rainfall of the three years 2009, 2011, 2012 data were obtained from a government meteorological page (Comisión Nacional del Agua) and corresponds to an average of the precipitation that took place at downtown Puebla, but not necessarily rain felt at the place where the collection was done. As it can be observed, in 2011 and 2012, similar quantities of rain were obtained, otherwise 2009 was an almost dry year since the season started very late and cumulative volume was less than 25% with respect to the other seasons; also, this year exhibit a long period of dryness and rainfall stops about to the 260th day, while 2011 stopped at the 300th day, and 2012 about the 320th day. 186 Margarita Teutli, and Elizabeth León
  • 5. Figure 2 presented data for pH. It can be observed strong variations of pH took place at the beginning of the 2012 season, in which the 100th day sample exhibit an acid pH (<3), but after the 140th day pH started to oscillate between 5.5 and 8.0, so far rainwater has not strong acidic characteristics. Figure 3: Rainfal conductivity values for downtown Puebla. Figure 4: Rainfall alkalinity values at downtown Puebla In Figure 3 are presented results of the electrical conductivity in this plot it is clear that higher conductivity values took place at the beginning of the rain season, and it happens that both 2011 and 2012 exhibit a rising trend before the 160th day, except for the 100th day of the 2012 (with lower pH), where it happens that conductivity exhibits a drop to a value closer to the one registered at the beginning of the season. It is after the 160th day that conductivity drops to values below 150 mS cm-1 . At this time is considered that rainfall has been enough to wash out the pollutants in the downtown atmosphere, the amount is about 100 mm of rain. In Figure 4 are presented results for total alkalinity, this parameter includes HCO3, CO3, OH, this set of data mainly represents an estimation of the ability to neutralize acidic pollution. As it can be observed 2011 was the year with higher values, around the 140th day concentration was close to 500 ppm, and a similar value is observed at the 280th day. A lower amount was observed for rain in 2012 since values never get higher than 280 ppm; also most values oscillate between 50-150 ppm; otherwise, 2009 was the year with the lower alkalinity since a maximum registered on the 160th day was less than 150 ppm. In general for the three years most of the values were smaller than 200 ppm. *Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address: teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860 eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf. 187
  • 6. The second anion in order of importance was chloride (Cl- ), results are shown in Figure 5, as it can be observed most of the values are between 20 and 80 ppm. A separate analysis indicates that top values for 2011 were about 200 ppm at the 140th and 300th days; otherwise, 2012 only reached two top concentrations around the 100th and the 130th days, and a minimal almost at the end of the season. Finally 2009 was a year with the lowest concentration and a top value happened almost at the end of the season, this was a consequence of heavy precipitation, fact which is in agreement with the statement that Cl presence mainly comes from marine source. Figure 5: Rainfall chloride values at downtown Puebla Figure 6: Rainfall sulfate data for downtown Puebla Figure 6 shown the data for sulfate (SO4 -2 ) and as it can be observed most values are between 5- 20 ppm, but between the 140th and the 170th days higher sulfate concentrations were registered for 2009 and 2011, and even though that 2009 was the year with low precipitation. Sulfate values are really high in the first precipitations. Also there is another period with high concentrations between 260th and 280th days, the one for 2009 even get a higher value than the observed at the beginning if the season. Otherwise, 2012 was a season that started very early (40th day), therefore the early atmosphere wash out did not allow concentration to exceed the 20ppm. Figure 7 presented the nitrate (NO3) results. As it can be observed most of the values lie between 0.5-3 ppm, this anion does not follow a consistent pattern since in 2009 higher values occured at the beginning and end of the season, as it happened with sulfate; otherwise, for 2011 highest concentrations took place between the 140th and the 160th days and exhibit another raise almost at the end of the season but in magnitude less than 50% of the one registered at the beginning. An anomalous behavior occurs with the 2012, since higher values were registered 188 Margarita Teutli, and Elizabeth León
  • 7. after the 160th day, and values at the end of the season are even higher than the ones from the other years. Figure 7: Rainfall nitrate data Figure 8: Rainfall phosphate data at downtown Puebla. at downtown Puebla In general, phosphate (PO4- 3 ) concentrations are lower than the ones observed for nitrate, results are presented in Figure 8. As it can be observed most of the values are below 1 ppm; also, trends are completely different for all years, since 2009 exhibit a maximum at the beginning of the season; and another peak, of lower intensity before the end of the season; in opposite way 2011 exhibit only one maximum and this occurs almost at the end of the season, while 2012 exhibit a maximum at the middle of the season which is not greater than 2 ppm., although, there is presence of some peaks in concentration. 3.2 Weathered basalt chemical characterization Basalt samples were collected at the main façade (west side, low rainfall impact), at the lateral facade (north side, high rainfall impact), also in the north tower (faces oriented north, east, south and west). Chemical characterization results are reported in Table 1. Collected samples were 19, and it is included a sample of unweathered basalt as reference. From data in Table 1, it can be observed that pH values in general are more acid than the reference; also, the higher observed pH is about 80% of the reference. Electric Conductivity (E. C.) results can be grouped as follow: 3 samples with lower concentration in respect to the reference, and a higher one which is about 7 times the reference (558 ppm). Total carbonate in all samples is higher than the reference content, the lower value observed is about 4 times the reference and the higher value is about 25 times the reference. From these results it can be *Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address: teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860 eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf. 189
  • 8. assumed that higher ionic content can derive in fragility of the stone. Table 1: Data of weathered basalt. Sample # Location Orientation Height, m pH E.C. µS cm-1 CaCO3 g Kg-1 0 Reference 8.62 80 11.00 1 Main Facade West 18.00 5.78 70 296.67 2 North Tower North 30.00 4.48 186 204.69 3 North Tower North 42.00 3.83 242 160.58 4 Main Facade West 1.50 3.62 558 40.00 5 Main Facade West 1.50 6.81 82 233.55 6 Main Facade West 1.35 4.01 93 212.06 7 North Tower North 30.00 5.89 120 170.00 8 North Tower North 42.00 6.02 106 251.71 9 North Tower South 42.00 6.19 177 136.34 10 North Tower South 42.00 6.44 180 173.35 11 North Tower East 42.00 6.48 175 151.18 12 North Tower South 30.00 6.39 71 180.95 13 North Tower East 30.00 3.82 162 135.41 14 Main Facade West 0.10 6.81 57 64.90 15 Main Facade North 0.50 6.93 382 196.87 16 North Tower East 30.00 6.44 227 173.00 17 North Tower West 30.00 6.89 153 194.97 18 North Tower East 42.00 6.89 92 134.39 19 North Tower West 42.00 5.91 389 169.00 Table 2 presented data of soluble anions found in the basalt samples, these data were restricted to the main anions found in the rainfall chemical data. From these data it is obvious that anions contribution in weathering basalt can be arranged in order of importance such as: carbonate>sulfate>chloride>alkalinity>nitrate>phosphate; in this sequence only nitrate and phosphate match with the rainfall data. Also, it is worthy to point out how each parameter behaves in respect to the reference. For total alkalinity all values are above the reference, the lower value is almost 25 times, while the higher one is almost 63 times; chloride is absent in the reference and the higher value in samples is 14.2 g Kg-1 ; sulfate is present in the reference but weathered basalt exhibits values lower (2/19), and only two exhibit really high concentrations, the maximum one is almost 100 times the reference; nitrate exhibit a singular response since 8/19 samples have lower values, and 10/19 have higher values with a maximum which is about 8 times the reference; about phosphate 2/19 samples are lower than the reference and the maximum reached up to 10 times the reference. In general it can be said that order has been traslocated in respect to the rainfall since in order of abundance, the sequence is sulfate>chloride>alkalinity. 190 Margarita Teutli, and Elizabeth León
  • 9. Table 2: Main water soluble anions in weathered basalt. Sample # Location Alkalinity g Kg-1 Chloride g Kg-1 Sulfate g Kg-1 Nitrate g Kg-1 Phosphate g Kg-1 0 Reference 0.02 0 1.50 0.08 0.02 1 Main Facade 0.84 10.60 7.58 0.11 0.03 2 North Tower 1.10 3.67 127.93 0.49 0.02 3 North Tower 0.53 9.98 2.72 0.02 0.01 4 Main Facade 0.79 3.71 169.40 0.15 0.17 5 Main Facade 0.55 14.02 2.87 0.05 0.08 6 Main Facade 0.51 9.72 6.86 0.00 0.09 7 North Tower 0.56 7.07 4.98 0.32 0.03 8 North Tower 0.53 3.70 2.76 0.28 0.12 9 North Tower 0.78 0.00 7.04 0.37 0.04 10 North Tower 0.55 3.46 7.42 0.64 0.12 11 North Tower 0.54 10.30 6.97 0.38 0.02 12 North Tower 0.56 3.52 7.54 0.33 0.09 13 North Tower 0.54 6.84 5.98 0.09 0.06 14 Main Facade 0.81 3.41 0.67 0.06 0.11 15 Main Facade 0.80 6.79 0.19 0.06 0.01 16 North Tower 0.80 0.00 2.10 0.18 0.13 17 North Tower 1.26 10.59 2.84 0.16 0.09 18 North Tower 0.56 3.51 2.87 0.04 0.04 19 North Tower 0.54 3.43 7.36 0.05 0.19 It is important to focus on location of collection points taking as reference orientation and height, then a comparison is done for samples #2 (north, 30 m), #4 (west, 1.5 m) and #10 (south, 42 m) for the parameters carbonate, pH, alkalinity and sulfate. These samples are compared in function of its position and exposure to rain and wind. Samples #2 and #10 were collected at an horizontal place but different height and orientation, then there is high probability that dust become accumulated and by rainfall action being dissolved and penetrate into the basalt matrix; otherwise, sample #4 was collected in a vertical place almost at the ground level, so far it is possible that dust and rainfall approach the wall, and slip downwards; in this path dust will be solubilized and carried on to the floor level. Data are presented in table 3 Table 3: Weathered basalt comparison as function of its orientation Sample # CaCO3 g Kg-1 pH Alkalinity g Kg-1 Sulfate g Kg-1 2 204 4.48 1.10 127.00 4 40 3.62 0.79 169.00 10 173 6.44 0.55 7.42 As it can be observed sample#4 (vertical position) has a low carbonate content in respect of samples #2 and #10, and so far is expected a lower pH, favoring sulfate accumulation which could come from solubilization of gaseous sulfur dioxide (SO2) . Focused on sulfate content *Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address: teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860 eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf. 191
  • 10. pH of sample #2 should be more acid, but both alkalinity and carbonate are higher than the ones in sample #4, and so far a neutralization could take place increasing the pH. Otherwise, sample #10 was collected at the south side of the north tower, so far this side has lower exposition to rain and wind than the north side and that fact could explain why pH is higher correlating well with the low sulfate content. 3.3 Atmospheric dust Samples to determine chemical composition were collected at two environments: samples #1-5 come from the interior of the Cathedral; while samples #7-9 were collected at the roofs of three buildings with different vehicular density. Data are reported in Table 4. Table 4: Atmospheric dust data. Sample # Location pH CaCO3 g Kg-1 Chloride g Kg-1 Sulfate g Kg-1 Nitrate g Kg-1 Phosphate g Kg-1 1 Sacristy 5.56 278 1.44 11.25 0.97 0.00 2 Candle soot 6.14 346 10.07 46.72 3.85 0.01 3 Main entrance 6.83 343 0.33 5.93 0.003 0.1 4 Choir, Southeast 7.23 278 0.31 5.47 0.27 0.00 5 Choir South 6.6 299 1.65 29.38 1.04 0.00 6 Choir west 6.2 302 0.00 16.82 0.37 0.00 7 Eng Board Roof 7.84 364 5.48 5.9 0.30 0.00 8 Colonial Hotel roof 6.36 359 8.91 0.50 0.54 0.00 9 Saint Agustin roof 6.62 304 4.45 3.40 0.19 0.00 From these data it can be observed that pH exhibit moderate values which fall between 5.5 and 8. But most of the values are close to the average in weathered basalt which is 5.78. Carbonate content is between 270 and 370 g Kg-1 , values which are above the ones detected in weathered basalt, since the higher value was 296 and the average was 170 g Kg-1 . In respect of chloride it becomes evident that dust at inner spaces has very low content except the sample of the candle soot, otherwise samples collected outdoors are closer to the average value of weathered basalt (6.2 ppm). Sulfate data show a higher value in the candle soot, and the sample collected at the Choir, and all others are below the average value in weathered basalt. Nitrate values are higher in respect to the average found in weathered basalt (0.2 ppm) and again the candle sooth exhibit the higher concentration. Phosphate presence is almost null and only the candle soot and the sample from the main entrance are higher than the average value of weathered basalt (0.08 ppm). 192 Margarita Teutli, and Elizabeth León
  • 11. 4 Conclusion From rainfall data, it was observed that anions in order of abundance follow the sequence: alkalinity>chloride>sulfate>nitrate>phosphate, while the corresponding sequence for weathered basalt is being traslocated as sulfate>chloride>alkalinity>nitrate>phosphate, and in atmospheric dust it is observed the sequence sulfate>alkalinity>chloride>nitrate>phosphate. Also this sequence agrees with findings reported by Kiotani and Iwatsuki (1998), and Bourotte at al (2005). It can be affirmed that main contribution in rainfall is alkalinity, which is high enough to avoid acidic pH occurrence in most of the collected samples. For diagnosis of weathering in heritage buildings is important to account for location, orientation and height. In this study, results have shown that incorporation of sulfate is highly dependent of how the stone structure is located (horizontal, vertical), its orientation in respect of main incidence of rain and wind, as well as it height since lower sites are more prone to accumulate soluble compounds. 5 References Boogaard, H., Kos, G. P. A, Weijers, E. P., Janssen, N. A. H., Fischer, P. H, Van der Zee, S., Hartog, J. J., Hoek, G. (2011). Contrast in air pollution components between major streets and background locations: Particulate matter mass, black carbon, elemental composition, nitrogen oxide and ultrafine particle number. Atmospheric Environment, vol 45(3), pp. 650-658. Bourotte, C., Forti, M. C, Melfi, A. J., Lucas, Y. (2005). Morphology and solutes content of atmospheric particles in an urban and a natural area of Sao Paulo State, Brasil. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, vol 170(1-4) pp. 301-316. Comisión Nacional del Agua (CNA). Metereological stations. www.smn.cna.gob.mx › Climatología Kyotani, T., Iwatsuki, M. (1998). Determination of water and acid soluble components in atmospheric dust by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, ion chromatography and ion-selective electrode method. Analytical Sciences, vol 14(4), pp. 741-748. Kontozova-Deutsch, V.,Moreton Godoi, R. H., Worobiec, A., Spolnik, Z., Krata, A., Deutsch, F., Van Grieken, R. (2008). Investigation of gaseous and particulate air pollutants at the Basilica Saint Urban in Troyes, related to the preservation of the medieval stained glass windows. Microchimica Acta, vol 162(3-4), pp. 425-432. *Corresponding author (Margarita Teutli). Tel: 01 (222) 229 5500 ext 7618. E-mail address: teutli23@hotmail.com. 2014. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies. Volume 5 No.3 ISSN 2228-9860 eISSN 1906-9642. Online available at http://tuengr.com/V05/0183.pdf. 193
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