Sentence examples for porosity from inspiring English sources

This initial scan yields a picture that has a resolution of about 500 microns (in other words, the smallest object it can distinguish is 500 microns across).That done, sections of the core 2-3cm long, whose porosity is of particular interest, are subject to further study.

No one knows exactly how to evaluate the positive contribution made by cork to the quality of a wine, which some claim has to do with its porosity, which allows a desirably slow oxydation though this is controversial.

This image, which shows the porosity of the rock, and the channels between the pores, is then subject to a computer analysis that reveals how easily hydrocarbons will flow through it under pressure and thus the likely productivity of a well dug at that site.Whether digital rock physics will actually replace traditional methods is unclear.

Earthenware is nonvitreous and of medium porosity.

Both compaction and cementation decrease the porosity.

To produce this gas, high flow rates of the hot geopressured fluids must be maintained from formations of high porosity and permeability.

Bitumen distribution in a deposit also varies, depending on the permeability and porosity of the reservoir rock.

Clay and humus affect both soil porosity and permeability by binding soil grains together into aggregates, thereby creating a network of larger pores (macropores) that facilitate the movement of water.

This feature is attributable to their high porosity and permeability.

One example of a cast thermoplastic is a suspension of finely divided, low-porosity PVC particles in a plasticizer such as dioctyl phthalate (DOP).

Some are associated with the many transgressions and regressions of the sea that have occurred over geologic time and the resulting deposits of differing porosities.