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Mechanical Properties and Pore Structure Evolution of Sandstone under Liquid Nitrogen Freezing and Thawing
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Shiming ZHANG1, 2, Qinqin WU3, Aiwu HUANG1, 2, Yuting WANG1, 2, Wenlei JIAO1, 2, Lingling WU1, 2, Lin HU1, 2, Qing YU1, 2
Uranium Mining and Metallurgy | 2026, 45(1) : 1 - 9
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Mechanical Properties and Pore Structure Evolution of Sandstone under Liquid Nitrogen Freezing and Thawing
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Shiming ZHANG1, 2, Qinqin WU3, Aiwu HUANG1, 2, Yuting WANG1, 2, Wenlei JIAO1, 2, Lingling WU1, 2, Lin HU1, 2, Qing YU1, 2
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  • 1.School of Resources, Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 2.National Defense Key Laboratory of Uranium Mining and Metallurgy Biotechnology, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 3.College of Railway Engineering, Hunan Vocational and Technical College of High-speed Railway, Hengyang 421200, China
Published: 2026-02-20 doi: 10.13426/j.cnki.yky.2025.05.05
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In order to further study the mechanical properties and pore structure evolution of sandstone under the action of liquid nitrogen freezing and thawing cycles, the sandstone in natural water-bearing state and saturated state were taken as the research object. The compressive strength, elastic modulus, pore T2 map and nuclear magnetic porosity of sandstone after different liquid nitrogen freezing and thawing cycles were measured by nuclear magnetic resonance instrument and rock mechanics test system. The mechanical properties, porosity evolution and pore size distribution of sandstone under the action of liquid nitrogen were analyzed. Based on the SDR permeability model, the permeability change of sandstone after freezing and thawing cycles was calculated. The results show that the uniaxial compressive strength of sandstone decreases significantly after liquid nitrogen freezing treatment, and the decrease of strength increases with the increase of freezing and thawing cycles. When the number of cycles increases from 0 to 5, the decrease of compressive strength in natural state increases from 12.25% to 29.04%, while the maximum decrease of compressive strength of sandstone in saturated state is 55.50%. The results of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) test show that the freezing and thawing cycle of liquid nitrogen significantly increases the porosity and permeability of sandstone, especially for sandstone samples in saturated state. After five freezing and thawing cycles of liquid nitrogen, the porosity growth rate is 39.09%; and the permeability growth rate reaches 160%, which is 1.89 times that of natural water-bearing sandstone. The research results can provide a new idea for the efficient leaching of low permeability sandstone-type uranium deposits by liquid nitrogen fracturing technology.

liquid nitrogen freezing and thawing  /  mechanical properties  /  pore structure  /  nuclear magnetic resonance  /  permeability  /  sandstone-type uranium deposit
张诗明, 伍琴琴, 黄爱武, 汪雨婷, 焦文磊, 伍玲玲, 胡林, 喻清. 液氮冻融下砂岩力学特性及孔隙结构演化研究. 铀矿冶, 2026 , 45 (1) : 1 -9 . DOI: 10.13426/j.cnki.yky.2025.05.05
Shiming ZHANG, Qinqin WU, Aiwu HUANG, Yuting WANG, Wenlei JIAO, Lingling WU, Lin HU, Qing YU. Mechanical Properties and Pore Structure Evolution of Sandstone under Liquid Nitrogen Freezing and Thawing[J]. Uranium Mining and Metallurgy, 2026 , 45 (1) : 1 -9 . DOI: 10.13426/j.cnki.yky.2025.05.05
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doi: 10.13426/j.cnki.yky.2025.05.05
  • Receive Date:2025-05-19
  • Online Date:2026-09-28
  • Published:2026-02-20
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  • Received:2025-05-19
  • Revised:2025-06-19
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    1.School of Resources, Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
    2.National Defense Key Laboratory of Uranium Mining and Metallurgy Biotechnology, Hengyang 421001, China
    3.College of Railway Engineering, Hunan Vocational and Technical College of High-speed Railway, Hengyang 421200, China
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数
科
Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)
属
Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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