Research Article

Experimental Investigation on Influence of Acidic Dry-Wet Cycles on Karst Limestone Deterioration and Damage

Table 4

T2 spectrum area and porosity deterioration after different dry-wet cycles in different environments.

Action environmentpH=3pH=5pH=7
Rock identifierQ-10-2Q-10-3Z-10-1Z-10-3D-10-1D-10-3

T2 spectral area after soaking once195.285275.908202.799275.728115.524275.908
Test porosity/%0.3720.4840.4310.2960.2420.344
Average porosity/%0.4280.3630.293
T2 spectral area after soaking 5 times1882.8021679.0411932.5261624.7191556.5542648.225
Converted porosity/%0.8300.690.6640.3890.3630.477
Average porosity/%0.760.5260.42
Porosity deterioration/%123.11842.56254.06031.41950.00038.663
Average porosity deterioration/%82.84042.74044.331
T2 spectral area after soaking 10 times2055.5732180.6022393.5111963.5841492.4982277.309
Converted porosity/%1.1000.9010.6820.5370.3800.654
Average porosity/%1.0050.6090.517
Porosity deterioration/%195.69986.15758.23781.41957.02590.116
Average porosity deterioration/%140.92869.82873.571

Note: The calculation formula for porosity deterioration is ; φ0 is the initial porosity of the material, φi is the porosity of material damage after the i th dry-wet cycle.