Pore-scale characterization of organic immiscible-liquid morphology in natural porous media using synchrotron x-ray microtomography

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8403-8410

  Schnaar, G ^a   Brusseau, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUBILITY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

LIQUID PHASES; ORGANIC IMMISCIBLE-LIQUID MORPHOLOGY; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; POROUS MEDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY TECHNIQUE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

SYNCHROTRONS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

EID: 27644534646     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0508370     Document Type: Article

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