scholarly journals Pore Structure Characterization of Sodium Hydroxide Activated Slag Using Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry, Nitrogen Adsorption, and Image Analysis

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yibing Zuo ◽  
Guang Ye
1991 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Igarashi ◽  
T. Takahashi

ABSTRACTMDF(Macro-Defect-Free ) cement pastes, which consist of portland cement and polyvinyl alcohol/acetate, were prepared by varying the temperature during pressing and drying operations. We then examined the expansion of MDF cement pastes at various constant humidities. There was a large difference in expansion above 60%R.H. between samples prepared varying temperature at which samples were pressed. Samples pressed at 90 °C showed less expansion than samples pressed at 40 °C.The pore structure of MDF cement pastes before exposure to moisture was measured by nitrogen adsorption, mercury intrusion porosimetry and image analysis. The properties of a matrix containing polyvinyl alcohol/acetate and cemnt hydrates were also investigated by TEM, IR and XPS.There were not large differences in the result of IR and XPS measurement between the MDF cement pastes prepared at various temperatures. Calcium hydroxide crystal, lying perpendicular to cement particles, were often observed only in the MDF cement pastes pressed at 90 °C which occurs by water absorption, seems to be suppressed by calcium hydroxide crystal.


1988 ◽  
Vol 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara A. Touse ◽  
Thomas A. Bier ◽  
Cheryl A. Knepfler ◽  
J. Francis Young ◽  
Richard L. Berger

AbstractThe pore structure of low porosity cement pastes containing varying quantities of silica fume has been examined using mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and nitrogen adsorption (NA) measurements. The water:solid ratio for all DSP pastes studied was 0.18. It was observed that, as for conventional pastes, removal of water by solvent replacement with methanol minimizes changes to the pore structure. Vacuum or oven drying severely reduces specific surface area and obscures important trends.It was found that capillary porosity in excess of 10 nm (100 Å) is essentially absent and that the pore volume measured can be considered an intrinsic part of the binding phase. The influence of silica fume and curing times on pore structure has been measured and the implications of the data will be discussed. Comparisons will be made with conventional cement pastes.


Fractals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (02) ◽  
pp. 1840017 ◽  
Author(s):  
FUYONG WANG ◽  
KUN YANG ◽  
JIANCHAO CAI

Tight oil sandstones have the characteristics of narrow pore throats, complex pore structures and strong heterogeneities. Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP), this paper presents an advanced fractal analysis of the pore structures and petrophysical properties of the tight oil sandstones from Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin of China. Firstly, nine typical tight oil sandstone core samples were selected to conduct NMR and MIP test for pore structure characterization. Next, with the pore size distribution derived from MIP, it was found that the relationships between NMR transverse relaxation time [Formula: see text] and pore size are more accordant with the power function relations, which were applied to derive pore size distribution from NMR rather than the linear relation. Moreover, fractal dimensions of micropores, mesopores and macropores were calculated from NMR [Formula: see text] spectrum. Finally, the relationships between the fractal dimensions of different size pores calculated from NMR [Formula: see text] spectrum and petrophysical properties of tight oil sandstones were analyzed. These studies demonstrate that the combination of NMR and MIP can improve the accuracy of pore structure characterization and fractal dimensions calculated from NMR [Formula: see text] spectrum are effective for petrophysical properties analysis.


Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Zhiye Gao ◽  
Longfei Duan ◽  
Qinhong Hu ◽  
Shuling Xiong ◽  
Tongwei Zhang

With the rapid development of unconventional oil and gas, the pore structure characterization of shale reservoirs has attracted an increasing attention. High pressure mercury intrusion porosimetry (HPMIP) has been widely used to quantitatively characterize the pore structure of tight shales. However, the pore structure obtained from HPMIP could be significantly affected by the sample particle size used for the analyses. This study mainly investigates the influence of shale sample particle size on the pore structure obtained from HPMIP, using Mississippian-aged Barnett Shale samples. The results show that the porosity of Barnett Shale samples with different particle sizes obtained from HPMIP has an exponentially increasing relation with the particle size, which is mainly caused by the new pores or fractures created during shale crushing process as well as the increasing exposure of blind or closed pores. The amount and proportion of mercury retention during mercury extrusion process increase with the decrease of shale particle size, which is closely related to the increased ink-bottle effect in shale sample with smaller particle size. In addition, the fractal dimension of Barnett Shale is positively related to the particle size, which indicates that the heterogeneity of pore structure is stronger in shale sample with larger particle size. Furthermore, the skeletal density of shale sample increases with the decrease of particle size, which is possibly caused by the differentiation of mineral composition during shale crushing process.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1004-1005 ◽  
pp. 1589-1593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Zhang ◽  
Xi Ling Zhou ◽  
Ke Ren Zheng ◽  
You Jun Xie ◽  
Qiang Fu

To know the pore structure of cement-asphalt pastes, mercury intrusion porosimetry was applied to measure the total porosity, pore distribution and accumulative volume distribution of pore size and the pore structures were analyzed. The results show that the total porosities decline with increase in ages and reduction in A/C ratio. The total porosities declines from 28% at 1d, to 15.8%~17.2% at 28d; the most probable pore size declines from 20nm at 1d to 5nm at 28d.At 28d, there is an increase in the magnitude of pore size between100nm and 5μm; the volume faction of smaller than 5μm is 40~50%; and the amount of pore size smaller than 5nm account for 6%.There are two peaks (5μm & 50μm) in the curves of pore distribution.


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