Table 3 Pore number and radius of red-bed soft rock in different water–rock interaction cycles.

From: Impact of water–rock interaction on the pore structures of red-bed soft rock

Sample no.

Images no.

Average radius \(\stackrel{-}{r} (\mathrm{\mu m})\)

Mean \(\stackrel{-}{R} (\mathrm{\mu m})\)

Maximum radius \({\mathrm{R}}_{max}(\mathrm{\mu m})\)

Mean \(\overline{{{\mathrm{R}}_{max}}}(\mathrm{\mu m})\)

Pore number

Mean

R1

a

2.53

2.27

21.43

20.64

290

287

b

2.07

21.12

300

c

2.20

19.38

272

R2

a

2.39

2.52

19.76

20.96

393

361

b

2.52

22.74

346

c

2.65

20.39

345

R3

a

2.87

2.78

22.68

24.27

241

270

b

2.62

25.88

294

c

2.84

24.26

275

R5

a

2.80

2.87

32.07

32.33

228

241

b

2.87

31.74

229

c

2.93

33.17

265

R8

a

3.32

3.03

34.82

38.95

234

228

b

2.84

42.30

243

c

2.94

39.75

208

R12

a

3.17

3.25

41.00

41.49

211

222

b

3.48

40.75

227

c

3.09

42.73

227