Chemically induced strength changes in sandstone. Report of Investigations/1993
Chemical alteration of the compressive strength of sandstone has been investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM). Successful development of this technology would offer an attractive alternative to the methods now used for stress control in mines. Sandstone cores were stressed to failure under uniaxial compression at two different strain rates. Specimens saturated with either distilled or tap water showed an average 14% reduction in stress at failure compared with those dried in vacuum. Samples saturated with dilute solutions of aluminum chloride, hydrochloric acid, and polyethylene oxide showed no statistically significant difference in failure stress compared with those saturated with water. By contrast, compressive strength of the cores was increased some 7% by saturation with the nonpolar solvent carbon tetrachloride. No correlation was found between zeta potential and compressive strength.
- Research Organization:
- Bureau of Mines, Denver, CO (United States). Denver Research Center
- OSTI ID:
- 5326080
- Report Number(s):
- PB-94-131794/XAB; BUMINES-RI-9488
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Errata sheet inserted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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