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Effects of high temperature on the linear thermal expansion coefficient of Nanan granite

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The evaluation of physico-mechanical characteristics of rocks after thermal treatment is a key issue in underground rock engineering projects such as exploitation of geothermal resources and geological disposal of nuclear waste. In this research, the lengths of cylindrical Nanan granite specimens were obtained before, during and after thermal treatment (up to 1000 °C) to investigate their linear thermal expansion coefficients, and the variation mechanisms were revealed by optical microscopic observations. According to the experimental results collected from the extensive corresponding literature, the relationships between the linear thermal expansion coefficients of various granites were also elaborated. The experimental results demonstrated that the linear thermal expansion coefficients of the granite in this study both under and after thermal treatment increase with temperature. Meanwhile, the linear thermal expansion coefficients increase rapidly above 500 °C, which is because of the quartz phase transition from α–phase to β–phase. The increase of linear thermal expansion coefficients of granite under and after thermal treatment closely relates to the thermal expansion of mineral crystals and the development and coalescence of intergranular and transgranular microcracks. The experimental results are expected to provide a reference to analytical calculations of thermophysical processes in granite.

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This work is jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 42077231, 41602374 and 41674180) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2019YFB1504203).

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Zhennan Zhu & Shengqi Yang

  2. CNPC Engineering Technology R & D Company Limited, Beijing, 102206, China

    Ren Wang

  3. Faculty of Engineering, National Center for International Research on Deep Earth Drilling and Resource Development, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Zhennan Zhu, Hong Tian, Guosheng Jiang & Bin Dou

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ZZN and TH designed the experiment, and WSF was a major contributor in writing the manuscript. YSQ analyzed and interpreted the experiment data. JGS and DB reviewed, edited and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhu, Z., Yang, S., Wang, R. et al. Effects of high temperature on the linear thermal expansion coefficient of Nanan granite. Acta Geod Geophys 57, 231–243 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40328-022-00375-7

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