Library: Estimating Some Pore-Related Properties of Limestone
A comprehensive technical paper by Basem K. Moh'd, mohdbk@yahoo.com
Natural Resources and Chemical Engineering Department,
Applied Tafila College, P.O. Box 179, Al-Ais (661100), Tafila, Jordan
The porosity of rocks is one of the prime determining factors with respect to their potential economic value in oil, mineral, and water exploration, as well as their use and durability as construction materials. Although optical and electron microscopy can provide useful information on the distribution, size, and shape of pores, these techniques do not provide a sufficiently accurate estimate of porosity, and the use of other experimental techniques is required (Brown, 1981; Halley, 1978). A comparison has been made of various pore-related parameters of some 50 specimens of almost pure Jordanian limestone by employing the immersion technique with and without the use of a vacuum pump. Simple analysis of the results allows most pore-related parameters to be estimated with a fair degree of accuracy from these results. It is believed that the results of this work can be applied to similar pure limestones elsewhere in the world both in the field and also in laboratories where the necessary equipment, or time, is unavailable.... In Bound Links
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APPO - Apparent Porosity
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