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The stereologic analysis of a solid grain has been applied for determination of its porosity. The investigations were carried out on a natural hematite grain reduced to magnetite at 723 K. Stereologic analysis enabled the porosity of this material to be determined on the basis of independently measured grain contours and volume fractions of grain components: hematite, magnetite and pores. A conformity criterion has been formulated, regarding determination of grain volume on the basis of known densities of components and their measured volume fractions in the grain, and on the basis of weight and apparent grain density measurements. The volume increase accompanying reduction of hematite to magnetite, determined from these independent measurements, was in the range 7–19%. By measuring Feret’s diameter, the volume of the convex envelope of the grain increased as a result of phase transformation by about 11%. Simultaneously, the volume of the solid phase was found to decrease by 1.5%. The total porosity of the reduced grain, determined by stereologic analysis amounted to 17.5%; 7.7% of which was related to cracks and large pores, and 9.8% to small pores in the magnetite phase. The porosity value determined by the classical mercury method was approximately the same.
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Janowski, J., Sadowski, A., Kraj, W. et al. Determination of porosity of reduced hematite by stereologic methods. Journal of Materials Science 33, 477–486 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004348603205
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