Comparison of interfacial partitioning tracer test and high-resolution microtomography measurements of fluid-fluid interfacial areas for an ideal porous medium

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Narter, Matt ^a   Brusseau, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; FLUID INTERFACIAL AREA; GLASS BEAD; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; NON-WETTING FLUIDS; PARTITIONING TRACERS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; SMOOTH SPHERE; SOLID SURFACE; SPECIFIC INTERFACIAL AREA; TRACER TESTS;

METAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SPHERES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FLUIDS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; POROUS MEDIUM; SURFACE AREA; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956223797     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008375     Document Type: Article

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