Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Thermal properties of the Grouse Canyon Member of the Belted Range tuff and of Tunnel Bed 5, G-Tunnel, Nevada Test Site

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:59599

Thermal conductivity and thermal expansion data for tuffs of the devitrified welded Grouse Canyon Member and for the zeolitized nonwelded Tunnel Bed 5 are presented. Thermal properties have been found to be a function of mineralogy and saturation. Thermal conductivity results also are affected by matrix and fracture porosity, and thermal expansion behavior is a function of confining and fluid pressures. This work is being performed as part of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project. 17 refs., 9 figs., 5 tabs.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
59599
Report Number(s):
SAND--82-2203; ON: DE85017873
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English