TY - CONF A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Halisch, M. A1 - Dlugosch, R. A1 - Prinz, Carsten T1 - Enhanced characterization of pore systems by simultaneous use of SIP, µ-CT and NMR N2 - Other than commonly assumed the relaxation times observed in the electrical low-frequency range (1 mHz – 40 kHz) of natural porous media like sandstones and tuff stones cannot be directly related to the dominant (modal) pore throat sizes, measured (e.g.) with mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP). Working with a great variety of sandstones from very different origins and featuring great variations in textural and chemical compositions as well as in geometrical pore space properties, we observed that particularly samples with narrow pore throats were characterized by long (low-frequency) relaxations. These, however, can (following the current theories) be rather explained by long “characteristic length scales” in these media or low diffusion coefficients along the electrical double layer. However, there is no straightforward way (or single approved method) of getting reliable numbers for properties such as the lengths of pore throats, the diameter and length of the wide pores and their respective distributions. Consequently we follow a multi-methodical approach and combine the benefits of MIP, micro-computed tomography (µ-CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to achieve much deeper insight due to the different resolutions and sensitivities to either pore constrictions (throats) or wide pores. This helps us to understand, whether the observed electrical relaxation phenomena actually depend on geometric length scales or rather on other properties such as chemical composition, clay content, clay type or cation exchange capacity. Our poster showcases selected results of a systematic study on texturally and petrophysically very different sandstones. T2 - 5th Int. Workshop on Induced Polarization CY - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA DA - 03.10.2018 KW - µ-CT KW - Pore size distribution KW - Spectral induced polarzation KW - NMR PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46335 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -