Pores in marcellus shale: A neutron scattering and FIB-SEM study

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1295-1308

  Gu, Xin ^a   Cole, David R ^b   Rother, Gernot ^c   Mildner, David F R ^d   Brantley, Susan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORE DRILLING; DIGITAL STORAGE; GAS ADSORPTION; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; ION BEAMS; NITROGEN; OIL SHALE; PORE STRUCTURE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHALE;

ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; CONTROLLING FACTORS; FOCUSED ION BEAM-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; FRACTURING TECHNIQUES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; SCATTERING PATTERN; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT; ULTRA-SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

NEUTRON SCATTERING;

EID: 84925068131     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b00033     Document Type: Article

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