Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for porosity measurement using SEM images of rock samples reacted with a gadolinium compound
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Application No.: US15799705Application Date: 2017-10-31
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Publication No.: US10197491B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Jae Hwa Jin , Young Min Oh , Jun Ho Kim , Jeong-Yil Lee
- Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
- Applicant Address: KR Daejeon
- Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
- Current Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
- Current Assignee Address: KR Daejeon
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0144303 20161101
- Main IPC: G01N15/08
- IPC: G01N15/08 ; H01J37/26

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for measuring porosity of a rock according to the present invention including: (a) capturing a first image by using SEM with respect to a rock sample; (b) determining a first area of a portion determined to be a heavy mineral in the first image; (c) immersing the rock sample in an aqueous solution in which a gadolinium compound is dissolved in that the aqueous solution flows into pores and the gadolinium compound is deposited in pores inside the rock sample; (d) capturing a second image by using SEM with respect to the rock sample; and (e) determining a second area of a portion determined as a heavy mineral and a pore in the second image, and then subtracting the first area from the second area to determine an area of pores in the rock sample.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180120215A1 METHOD FOR POROSITY MEASUREMENT USING SEM IMAGES OF ROCK SAMPLES REACTED WITH A GADOLINIUM COMPOUND Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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