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Interpreting Pore Dimensions in Gas Shales Using a Combination of SEM Imaging, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, and Low-Pressure Gas Adsorption Vikram Vishal,*,†,‡ Debanjan Chandra,† Jitendra Bahadur,§ Debasis Sen,§,∥ Bodhisatwa Hazra,⊥ Bankim Mahanta,†,‡,# and Devleena Mani¶ Energy Fuels Downloaded from pubs.acs.org by UNIV AUTONOMA DE COAHUILA on 05/16/19. For personal use only.
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Computational and Experimental Geomechanics Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, and #IITB Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India ‡ Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia § Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India ∥ Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, India ⊥ Coal Petrology Section, Resource Quality Assessment Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Digwadih Campus, Dhanbad 828132, India ¶ Centre for Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India ABSTRACT: Permian shales of Barakar formation in India were investigated to study their pore structure to understand their potential for natural gas production and possible CO2 sequestration. The studied shale samples with variable clay content were of early mature stage and contained low (50 nm), mesopores (2−50 nm), and micropores (
