A nonsteady state method for determining diffusion coefficients in porous media

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN: 2156-2202|80|36|4979-4982

ISSN: 0148-0227

Source: Journal Of Geophysical Research, Vol.80, Iss.36, 1975-12, pp. : 4979-4982

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Abstract

A series of experiments was run to test the feasibility of determining diffusion rates in a porous medium using a nonsteady state method. The experimental procedure is based on a mathematical model of Crank (1970) and involves diffusion from a porous sheet of finite thickness into a finite homogeneous volume. By measuring the composition of the homogeneous volume as a function of time it is possible to calculate integral diffusion coefficients of salts in the porous medium.