Published January 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Calibration of digital autoradiograph technique for quantifying rock porosity using 14C-PMMA method

  • 1. IC2MP HydrASA Laboratory, UMR 7285 CNRS, Poitiers University, 86 - Poitiers (France)
  • 2. ERM Society, ERM SARL Etudes Recherches Materiaux, 86 - Poitiers (France)
  • 3. Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (STUK), Helsinki (Finland)
  • 4. University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA (United States). Department of Environmental Sciences
  • 5. University of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Department of Environmental Science and Technology
  • 6. Helsinki University, Helsinki (Finland). Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Department of Chemistry

Description

Digital autoradiography (DA) based on phosphor plate imaging was tested for porosity quantification using 14C-PMMA method, and was compared to the classical film autoradiography (FA) method. Validation was undertaken by characterizing porosity evolution of moraine deposits of Lamarck granodiorite (eastern Sierra Nevada, USA). The connected porosities obtained with FA and DA are comparable to density measurements. Using adapted exposure times, DA is more accurate than FA for analysing large variations of porosity within a given sample, and is faster than FA. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
303
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 11-23
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCDM

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