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  • Title: Imaging wellbore cement degradation by carbon dioxide under geologic sequestration conditions using X-ray computed microtomography.
    Author: Jung HB, Jansik D, Um W.
    Journal: Environ Sci Technol; 2013 Jan 02; 47(1):283-9. PubMed ID: 22823234.
    Abstract:
    X-ray microtomography (XMT), a nondestructive three-dimensional imaging technique, was applied to demonstrate its capability to visualize the mineralogical alteration and microstructure changes in hydrated Portland cement exposed to carbon dioxide under geologic sequestration conditions. Steel coupons and basalt fragments were added to the cement paste in order to simulate cement-steel and cement-rock interfaces. XMT image analysis showed the changes of material density and porosity in the degradation front (density: 1.98 g/cm(3), porosity: 40%) and the carbonated zone (density: 2.27 g/cm(3), porosity: 23%) after reaction with CO(2)-saturated water for 5 months compared to unaltered cement (density: 2.15 g/cm(3), porosity: 30%). Three-dimensional XMT imaging was capable of displaying spatially heterogeneous alteration in cement pores, calcium carbonate precipitation in cement cracks, and preferential cement alteration along the cement-steel and cement-rock interfaces. This result also indicates that the interface between cement and host rock or steel casing is likely more vulnerable to a CO(2) attack than the cement matrix in a wellbore environment. It is shown here that XMT imaging can potentially provide a new insight into the physical and chemical degradation of wellbore cement by CO(2) leakage.
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