Chemical and mechanical properties of wellbore cement altered by CO 2-rich brine using a multianalytical approach

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1745-1752

  Mason, Harris E ^a   Du Frane, Wyatt L ^a   Walsh, Stuart D C ^a   Dai, Zurong ^a   Charnvanichborikarn, Supakit ^a   Carroll, Susan A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS LAYER; AMORPHOUS PHASIS; CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; CARBONATE LAYERS; FLOWTHROUGH; LONG-TERM INTEGRITY; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; PORE SPACE; PORTLANDITE; REACTION ZONES; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; WELLBORE; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BRINES; CARBONATION; CEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; ELASTIC MODULI; EXPERIMENTS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; SILICATE MINERALS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SILICATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CEMENT; IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WELLBORE CEMENT; ZEOLITE;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CEMENT; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CRYSTALLINITY; DISSOLUTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MINERAL; PORE SPACE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PREDICTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLOW RATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWDERS; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84873421205     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3039906     Document Type: Article

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