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A low-cost X-ray-transparent experimental cell for synchrotron-based X-ray microtomography studies under geological reservoir conditions

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Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 21 (1): 251--253 (January 2014)
DOI: 10.1107/S1600577513026969

Abstract

A new modular X-ray-transparent experimental cell enables tomographic investigations of fluid rock interaction under natural reservoir conditions (confining pressure up to 20MPa, pore fluid pressure up to 15MPa, temperature ranging from 296 to 473K). The portable cell can be used at synchrotron radiation sources that deliver a minimum X-ray flux density of 10$9$photons mm$$-$2$ s$$-$1$ in the energy range 30--100keV to acquire tomographic datasets in less than 60s. It has been successfully used in three experiments at the bending-magnet beamline 2BM at the Advanced Photon Source. The cell can be easily machined and assembled from off-the-shelf components at relatively low costs, and its modular design allows it to be adapted to a wide range of experiments and lower-energy X-ray sources.

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