2003/12/19 by R. Wang, R. W. Mair, Matthew S. Rosen +5
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Chemistry #Composite material #Laser #Materials science #Membrane #NMR spectroscopy and applications #Noble gas #Optics #Organic chemistry #Permeability (electromagnetism) #Physics #Porosity #Porous medium #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.70.026312
19 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, pdf format only
arxiv created 2003/12/19 · openalex publication_date 2004/08/31 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We report simultaneous measurements of the permeability and effective porosity of oil-reservoir rock cores using one-dimensional NMR imaging of the penetrating flow of laser-polarized xenon gas. The permeability result agrees well with industry standard techniques, whereas effective porosity is not easily determined by other methods. This NMR technique may have applications to the characterization of fluid flow in a wide variety of porous and granular media.