Acquisition of a Mercury Intrusion Porosimeter
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A mercury intrusion porosimeter is purchased.  The instrument is used           to measure pore sizes in porous or granular materials by forcing                mercury under pressure into the material.  Since mercury does not wet           the surfaces, there is a simple relationship between pressure and pore          sizes which can be used to calibrate the instrument.  The porosimeter           will be used to study pore size in concrete and to relate the pore size         to durability.  Another project will relate the pore size of cement             pastes with strength.  Research will be carried out correlating pore            size with properties of bricks, coal, soils, and porous polymers.
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