Three dimensional imaging of porosity and tracer concentration distributions in a dolostone sample during diffusion experiments using X-ray micro-CT

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 145, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-53

  Agbogun, H M D ^a   Al, Tom A ^a   Hussein, Esam M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Detection limit; Diffusion; Keywords; Porosity; Porous media; Tomography; Tracer; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BEAM-HARDENING; CALIBRATION METHOD; DATA SETS; DETECTION LIMITS; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; DOLOSTONES; GEOLOGIC MEDIA; KEYWORDS; MICRO CT; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SOLUTE DIFFUSION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TRACER; TRACER CONCENTRATION; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; X-RAY MICRO-CT;

CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; POTASSIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

POTASSIUM IODIDE TRACER; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DIFFUSION; DOLOSTONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOMOGRAPHY; TRACER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DOLOSTONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; ROCK; SAMPLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; POROSITY; POTASSIUM IODIDE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872302094     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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