AutoPore Mercury Porosimeter
Trade name
AutoPore IV 9520 Micromeritics®
Technical description
AutoPore Mercury Porosimeter from Micromeritics. The instrument measures the diameter, volume and distribution of macropores and mesopores in solid and powder samples.
Research area: petrophysics, petroleum geology, geothermal, hydrogeology, mineral resources engineering, materials engineering.
Conditions for providing infrastructure
Based on the permission of the Head of the Department of Energy Resources
Type of accreditation / certificate:
Not applicable
Access type
External
Research capabilities
Measurements of solid samples (rocks), powder materials
Measured and calculated parameters: specific surface area, bulk density, skeletal density, porosity, average pore diameter, permeability.
Last update date
May 24, 2023, 1:46 p.m.
Year of commissioning
2015
Measurement capabilities
- Ability to measure pore diameters from 0.003 to 360 µm
- Controlled pressure can increase in increments as fine as 0.05 psi.
- Extremely high-resolution data – better than 0.1 µL for mercury intrusion and extrusion volume
- Comprehensive reporting capability, including graphs, tabular reports and summaries (saved as .txt, .xls, .rpt files).
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IDUB research areas
(PRA 1) Sustainable energy technologies, renewable sources of energy, energy storage, and resource management. Design, production, application, synergy, and process integration
(PRA 3) Water-energy-climate: interdisciplinary approach to sustainable development
(PRA 7) Design, production, and testing of modern materials and the technologies of the future based on a multidisciplinary approach combining materials engineering with chemistry, physics, mathematics, and medicine