Materials that are generally considered as good conductors have a resistivity of 10 5 10 ohm centimetre 10 7 10 1 ohm metre and a conductivity of 10 10 7 mhos/metre Those that are classified as intermediate conductors have a resistivity of 100 10 9 ohm centimetre 1 10 7 ohm metre and a conductivity of 10 7 1 mhos/metre
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Get PriceThere are many factors that affect a material s resistivity Resistivity is affected by natural geology hydrogeology mineralogical composition porosity temperature pressure water saturation dissolved electrolytes and other factors Reference Modified Telford W M 1990
Get PriceRESISTIVITY OF ROCKS and ARCHIE S LAW For rocks composed of non conducting matrix minerals and saturated with water an empirical relationship known as Archie s Law is useful in analysis of electrical properties Archie s Law is commonly written 2 1
Get PriceA brief summary of the importance of the electrical resistivity of rocks in geothermal exploration is given as well as some of its is main relationships with some of the characteristics of geothermal reservoirs Special emphasis is on the resistivity of rocks in high temperature geothermal fields where the dominant factor is the hydrothermal mineral alteration and how it relates to temperature
Get PriceThe resistivity log is acquired by measurements of the resistance of the coal and associated rocks to flow of electrical currents and by inducing currents into the reservoir rock Figure 7 29 Scholes & Johnston 1993 Consequently various combinations of electric and induction resistivity logs are deployed depending on the borehole
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Get PriceElectrical conductivity of most minerals is sensitive to hydrogen water content temperature major element chemistry and oxygen fugacity The influence of these parameters on electrical conductivity of major minerals has been characterized for most of the lower crust upper mantle and transition zone minerals
Get PriceLow resistivity values at 97 m and 118 m along profile 1 have been interpreted as zones of clay minerals High resistivity zones with high chargeability and SP voltages have been interpreted
Get PriceThe resistivity of coal rock decreased exponentially with the increase in pressure The property of fluid in pores can be judged by the sensitivity of resistivity of coal rock to temperature Since the conductivity of salt solution is much higher than that of solid mineral grains F is mainly related to the volume ratio Φ of the fluid in rock
Get PriceThe resistivity of the rocks increases with the increase in the pore fluid resistivity regardless of the rock types However between 20 and 100 ohm m which is the available groundwater
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Get PriceResistivity also referred to as specific resistance is dependent on the nature of the material as well as its volume definition shape and size Resistivity is expressed in units that are the product of resistance and length; e g Ω·cm The symbol most commonly used for resistivity is rho ρ Conductivity is the reciprocal of resistivity
Get PriceThe symbol most commonly used for resistivity is sigma σ As an example of calculating a volume s resistance consider the drawing to the left Assume 12 AWG copper wire with a resistivity from the table of 1 72x10 6 2 and a length of 1 meter Per the given formula its resistance is The table of resistivity values below are pulled from
Get PriceFig 13 Electrical conductivity and resistivity of common rocks The conductivity/resistivity of a rock depends significantly on its mineralogy and pore water properties To demonstrate this the conductivities and resistivities of water and certain rock forming minerals are provided Fig 14 Various conductivity values for different materials
Get PriceGeophysics 223 B1 Resistivity of rocks and minerals B1 1 … 2024 1 9 · C1 4 Clay minerals If a rock contains clay minerals then an extra conduction pathway is possible via the electrical double layer that forms at the interface of the clay mineral and the water
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Get PriceHowever these minerals occur only in a relatively low concentration in rocks and do not make these rocks conductive Table 6 2 lists a few rock types with their resistivities The electrical resistivity of rock is controlled by two components the solid particles with the binding cement and the pore fillings
Get PriceThe rocks may be classified as Archie rocks or Non Archie rocks depending on the link between pore structure and resistivity of the rock For carbonate rocks keeping this factor in view the applicability of Archie s law tends to be unreasonable and employing Archie s equation will ultimately lead to inaccurate estimates of the water saturation
Get PriceDec 31 2024· The electrical resistivity of minerals and rocks at the macro level corresponds to the movement of charge carriers at the micro level Every microscopic particle in the rock is constrained by a certain force The particle must obtain enough energy to break through the energy barrier and to turn into a mobile charge carrier Read More
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Get PriceThe dependence of resistivity of different groups of rocks on their mineral and chemical composition and on their structure under conditions of high temperature and pressure is analyzed Finally basic trends are indicated of interest for geophysics and for the use of experimental data on electrical properties of minerals Citing Literature
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