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The effect of heating/cooling cycles on chrominance, wave velocity, thermal conductivity and tensile strength of diorite

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To quantify the damages caused by thermal cycles, the chromaticity, P wave velocity, thermal conductivity and tensile strength were measured on diorite samples subjected to different heating/cooling cycles at different temperatures. The mechanism is analyzed based on dehydration, tensile stress and phase changes of the quartz mineral. It is found that the damage due to the heating/cooling cycle at 100 °C is mainly caused by the loss of the attached water in the diorite. Damage due to thermal cycles at 300–500 °C is mainly caused by the loss of the combined water and the development of tensile stress in the sample due to a high-temperature gradient between the surface and the interior of the sample. At 700 °C, the damage of diorite due to heating/cooling cycles is mainly caused by the development of new cracks due to phase changes in the quartz and tensile stress increase in the rock.

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This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41672279, 41807233) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant no. BK20180662).

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  1. Geological Research Institute for Coal Green Mining, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, 710054, People’s Republic of China

    Qiang Sun

  2. Key Laboratory of Coalbed Methane Resources and Reservoir Formation Process of the Ministry of Education, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Weiqiang Zhang

  3. School of Resources and Geosciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Weiqiang Zhang & Yuliang Zhang

  4. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore

    Xiaohua Pan

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Sun, Q., Zhang, W., Pan, X. et al. The effect of heating/cooling cycles on chrominance, wave velocity, thermal conductivity and tensile strength of diorite. Environ Earth Sci 78, 403 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8407-9

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