- Outcrop sampling and plug sub-coring; Cutting and trimming; Verification of dimensional compliance; Sample cleaning (Soxhlet); Photography and documentation; Etc.
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- Rock drill
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- Core plug recovery
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- Sample trimming
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- Sample cutting
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- Dimensional checking
General Properties
- Density (bulk, solid); Porosity; Mineralogy (XRD, TDA-TG); Petrography (optical microscopy; (SEM); Chemical composition (XRF, m-XRF); Ion exchange capacity; Specific surface (BET); X-ray tomography; Thermal conductivity; Etc.
- Water analyses: ICP-MS, CI, spectrometry, stable isotopes, Etc.
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- X- ray microfluorescence
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- X- ray diffraction
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- X- ray micro CT
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- X- ray CT
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- Scanning electron microscopy
Tests and Techniques
- Geomechanical tests: UCS; Triaxial with or without pore pressure and stress paths; Tensile tests; Shear tests with joints; Fracture toughness (pCT, SCB…); Etc.
- Petrophysical tests: VP and VS; Acoustic emission; Etc.
- Gas or liquid permeability: Steady flow, pulse decay, oscillating method; Etc.
- Ensayos Special tests: True-triaxial; Hydraulic fracturing; Mono- or biphasic core flooding; Sanding; Breakthrough pressure; Tracer injection tests; Formation damage; High-T and P testing; Etc.
- Pollution studies; Hydrochemistry and reactive transport modeling.
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- Triaxial test
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- AE monitoring during fracture toughness testing
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- AE location
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- High T shear testing
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- Split bar thermal conductivity
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- Wave velocity testing
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- Elastic moduli measurement
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- True triaxial testing
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- True triaxial frame
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- Coupled processes
Mechanical Properties
- Confined and unconfined strength; Tensile strength; Failure envelope; Shear strength and friction angle of joints; KIC; Static and dynamic elastic moduli; Etc.
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- Unconfined compressive strength
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- Static elastic moduli determination
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- Dynamic elastic moduli determination
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- Rock strength assessment
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- Triaxial strength
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- Direct tensile strength
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- Indirect tensile strength
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- Mode I fracture toughness
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