PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SALT ROCKS, WHICH ARE FORMING SPECIFIC PARAMETERS OF AIR ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The article discusses the main physical and chemical properties of salt rocks - alkali metal chlorides of sodium, potassium, magnesium - halite, sylvinite, carnallite, which form the specific parameters of the air environment of rock-salt and potash mines, including underground speleohospitals, as well as special salt rooms - "salt caves" or speleoclimatic chambers used for therapeutic and recreational purposes. The data of long-term field observations by the authors for slow current (for visual observation and instrumental fixation) natural phenomena - the interfacial interaction of moist air with the polymineral salt surface of natural rocks are presented.