Measuring and testing – With fluid pressure – Porosity or permeability
Patent
1990-10-04
1992-10-20
Williams, Hezron E.
Measuring and testing
With fluid pressure
Porosity or permeability
73 643, 73 6447, G01N 1508
Patent
active
051560410
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for determining the permeation behavior of foreign fluid molecules into solids whereby the results are typically obtained in less than one day. In a principal embodiment, information about the relationship between the saturation concentration and the diffusion constant of the solid is obtained by subjecting a first, thick, sample of the solid to the foreign fluid substance, which has been radioactively-tagged with a class C isotope, for a short diffusion time interval. The penetrated foreign substance is then washed out of the thick sample with an untagged solvent and the resulting solution is then analyzed to determine the quantity of the foreign substance that has diffused into the thick sample for the diffusion time. A second, thin, sample of the solid is prepared, and analyzed in a series of steps analogous to the thick, sample, whereby information concerning the saturation concentration, individually, is obtained. The above results are then used to determine the diffusion flow rate of the fluid substance through the solid. An alternative method determines the permeation behavior of a two-layer solid where each layer has a different solubility. The alternate embodiment provides for an apparatus to isolate an exposed surface of the second thicker layer so that diffusion parameters of the second thicker layer may be determined independently of the first layer.
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Haldenwanger Hans G.
Kalus Jurgen
Kaul Harald
Schaper Siegfried
Winterkorn Martin
Audi AG
Dulin Jacques M.
Feix Thomas C.
Roskos Joseph W.
Williams Hezron E.
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