Measurement of accessible reactive surface area in a sandstone, with application to CO 2 mineralization

Chemical Geology

Volumn 318-319, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-125

  Landrot, Gautier ^a   Ajo Franklin, Jonathan B ^a   Yang, Li ^a   Cabrini, Stefano ^a   Steefel, Carl I ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2 sequestration; FIB SEM; Mapping; Pore connectivity; Reactive surface area; Synchrotron microtomography

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL MAPPING; CORRECTION FACTORS; CRANFIELD; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FIB-SEM; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; MINERAL DISTRIBUTION; MISSISSIPPI; NANO SCALE; PIXEL RESOLUTION; PORE CONNECTIVITY; PORE NETWORKS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; REACTIVE MINERALS; REACTIVE SURFACE AREA; ROCK SAMPLE; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; SEM-EDX; SURFACE AREA; SYNCHROTRON MICROTOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONS; THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAPPING; PIXELS; RATE CONSTANTS; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MINERALS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MINERALIZATION; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOURCE ROCK; SURFACE AREA;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862142358     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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