Table 3 Mercury intrusion porosimetry results of coal samples.

From: An experimental study of the effect of electric field enhancement on the adsorption characteristics of coalbed methane

Sample

Porosity Parameters

0 kHz/0 kV

80 kHz/1 kV

80 kHz/3 kV

80 kHz/5 kV

7 kHz/1 kV

40 kHz/1 kV

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Total Pore Area S/(m2·g− 1)

2.977

4.763

4.946

5.117

4.636

4.680

Volume Median Pore Size Dv/nm

74.6

78.1

80.9

82.6

76.4

77.7

Area Median Pore Size Da/nm

7.8

8.5

9.2

9.7

8.1

8.4

Average Pore Diameter d/nm

18.6

20.3

23.7

25.8

19.7

20.2

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Total Pore

Area S/(m2·g− 1)

2.205

4.733

5.205

5.273

4.332

4.515

Volume Median Pore Size Dv/nm

64.2

69.5

70.1

78.9

66.7

68.3

Area Median Pore Size Da/nm

7.5

8.4

8.8

9.4

7.9

8.1

Average Pore Diameter d/nm

17.2

19.4

19.7

22.5

18.1

18.8