Investigation of microscopic pore structure variations of shale due to hydration effects through SEM fixed-point observation experiments

Weibo SUI,Yingying TIAN,Chenhao YAO

</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;color:#fff;" bgcolor="#00c2de"><strong>Fig. 1.</strong> <b>Observed micro-pore structures of samples before hydration. (a) Bedding-parallel Specimen 1H from Sample 1; (b) Bedding-vertical Specimen 1V from Sample 1; (c) Bedding-parallel Specimen 2H from Sample 2; (d) Bedding-vertical Specimen 2V from Sample 2; (e) Bedding-parallel Specimen 3H from Sample 3; (f) Bedding-vertical Specimen 3V from Sample 3; (g) Bedding-parallel Specimen 4H from Sample 4; (h) Bedding-parallel Specimen 4V from Sample 4.</b><br/></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="5" bgcolor="#fff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="#fff"> <img src="../1876-3804-45-5-955/img_1.jpg" onload="javascript:DrawImage(this,'800','600');" /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="5" bgcolor="#fff"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="30"></td> </tr> </table> </BODY> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script> <script type="text/x-mathjax-config"> MathJax.Hub.Config({ extensions: ["tex2jax.js"], jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"], tex2jax: {inlineMath: [ ['$','$'], ["\$","\$"] ],displayMath: [ ['$$','$$'], ["\\[","\\]"] ],processEscapes: true}, "HTML-CSS": { availableFonts: ["TeX"] }, TeX: {equationNumbers: {autoNumber: ["none"], useLabelIds: true}}, "HTML-CSS": {linebreaks: {automatic: true}}, SVG: {linebreaks: {automatic: true}} }); </script> </html>