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A method for measurement of effective porosity in porous rock and soil media based on radon diffusion

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For nonradioactive geotechnical media, the relationship between effective porosity and known radon concentration varying in sealed chambers was found out theoretically, experimentally as well, based on radon diffusion in the homogeneously porous medium. The radon concentration variation in upper sealed chamber would be linearly affected by the temperature. Furthermore, the effective porosities of certain porous medium models could be calculated by experimental radon concentration with the radon diffusion method. It can be seen that it is feasible to calculate the effective porosity of porous media with no gas pressure difference by the radon diffusion method, by which the primary porosity of geotechnical media will not be destroyed.

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This work was supported by the projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41774134), Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment (No. NRE1921), Doctor Start-up Fund of East China University of Technology (No. DHBK2019086) and Jiangxi Key R&D Projects (No. 20171BBG70033). The authors appreciate the technical guidance and help of Miss LIU Yijuan and Mr. ZHANG Xiongjie from East China University of Technology.

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    Hongtao Ning

  3. School of Geophysics and Measurement-Control Technology, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China

    Qibin Luo, Yaxin Yang, Xinmin Wu, Chen Fu & Shangping Xie

  4. School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China

    Ye Zhang

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Luo, Q., Yang, Y., Ning, H. et al. A method for measurement of effective porosity in porous rock and soil media based on radon diffusion. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 391–401 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08072-5

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