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Spatially resolved pore size distributions by NMR

J H Strange and J B W Webber

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We have developed a novel method of determining median pore size and pore size distributions as a function of spatial position inside a porous sample. Pore sizes have been measured with one-, two- and three-dimensional spatial resolutions, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) cryoporometry in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging techniques. NMR cryoporometry is a method of measuring pore sizes and pore size distributions in the range of less than 40 Å to over 2000 Å pore diameter, by the technique of freezing a liquid in the pores and measuring the melting temperature by NMR. Since the melting point is depressed for crystals of small size, the melting point depression gives a measurement of pore size.


PACS

06.30.Bp Spatial dimensions (e.g., position, lengths, volume, angles, and displacements)

07.20.Dt Thermometers

81.05.Rm Porous materials; granular materials

07.57.Pt Submillimeter wave, microwave and radiowave spectrometers; magnetic resonance spectrometers, auxiliary equipment, and techniques

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 5 (May 1997)

Received 19 September 1996, accepted for publication 20 January 1997, in final form 23 December 1996



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