Effect of Shale Sample Particle Size on Pore Structure Obtained from High Pressure Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry

Figure 1

Cumulative mercury intrusion volume of shale samples with different particle sizes: (a) complete mercury intrusion curves; (b) removal of mercury intrusion volume in pores larger than 10 μm; (c) removal of mercury intrusion volume in pores larger than 20 nm; (d) cumulative mercury intrusion volume of shale with different particle sizes for different pore sizes.

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