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Development of a Gas Method for Migration Studies in Fractured and Porous Media.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1992

Kusti VÄÄtÄinen ,
Jussi Timonen  and
Aimo HautojÄrvi
Kusti VÄÄtÄinen
Affiliation:
University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O.Box 35, SF-40351 Jyväskylä, Finland
Jussi Timonen
Affiliation:
University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics, P.O.Box 35, SF-40351 Jyväskylä, Finland
Aimo HautojÄrvi
Affiliation:
Technical Research Centre of Finland, Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, P.O.Box 208, SF-02151 Espoo, Finland
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Abstract

A gas method for fast measurements of diffusion properties of porous materials has been developed. Diffusion coefficients in the gas phase are typically four orders of magnitude larger than those in the liquid phase. For samples whose structures do not change much upon drying it is possible to estimate the diffpision properties of the liquid phase when the properties of the gas phase are known. Advantages of the gas method are quick and easy measurements and therefore they can be used to optimize the liquid-phase measurements which may last months or years. For materials with good correlation between the gas and liquid-phase diffusion, the number of liquid phase measurements can be greatly reduced.

Nitrogen was used as the carrier gas and helium as the tracer gas. Helium concentrations were measured by using standard techniques. The equipment was tested for two sample geometries, a column made of a polished granite slab and an acrylic slab with a flow channel in between, and a hollow bore core where diffusion occurs through the sample. Both types of measurement were modelled and apparent diffusion coefficients in the gas phase were determined.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 294: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVI , 1992 , 851
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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