Table 7 Porosity of red-bed soft rock in different water–rock interaction cycles.

From: Impact of water–rock interaction on the pore structures of red-bed soft rock

Sample no.

Images no.

Digital porosity. \(\mathrm{n}\) (%)

Average digital porosity, \(\stackrel{-}{\mathrm{n}}\) (%)

Test porosity, \({\mathrm{n}}^{\mathrm{^{\prime}}}\)(%)

Error, (%)

R1

a

14.91

15.12

14.32

5.56

b

15.37

c

15.07

R2

a

16.97

16.62

15.79

5.26

b

14.79

c

18.1

R3

a

19.5

17.90

16.95

5.62

b

18.65

c

15.56

R5

a

16.81

18.53

17.81

4.06

b

19.58

c

19.21

R8

a

18.84

19.12

18.51

3.31

b

18.77

c

19.76

R12

a

17.52

19.14

18.82

1.72

b

20.31

c

19.60