Effective Darcy-scale contact angles in porous media imbibing solutions of various surface tensions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Weisbrod, Noam ^a   McGinnis, Thomas ^b   Rockhold, Mark L ^c   Niemet, Michael R ^d   Selker, John S ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT CONTACT ANGLE; DYNAMIC IMBIBITION; DYNAMIC METHOD; EFFECTIVE CONTACT; GREEN AND AMPT; MACRO SCALE; MISCIBLE FLUID; N-HEXANE; POROUS MEDIA; PURE WATER; QUARTZ SAND; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SAND GRAINS; SOLUTION SALINITY; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC METHOD; SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS; THREE SOLUTIONS;

CAPILLARITY; HEXANE; OXIDE MINERALS; POROUS MATERIALS; QUARTZ; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAND; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; WETTING;

CONTACT ANGLE;

DARCY LAW; IMBIBITION; INFILTRATION; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; QUARTZ; SALINITY; SAND; SODIUM; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 72149091694     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006957     Document Type: Article

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