Determination and interpretation of fractal properties of the sandstone pore system

A knowledge of fractal properties of the pore system is extremely useful with regard to the interrelationships between moisture transport and pore structure. The fractal dimension characterises the egree of resolutiondependence of a property. Given a completely interlaced pore system such as that of sandstone, the fractal dimension of the pore volume, or the porosity, quantifies the cross-sectional variability of the pore channels and is thus of great relevance with regard to transport processes. The fractal dimension of the pore surface describes the surface roughness. A newly-developed measuing technique is presented for the simultaneous determination of fractal dimensions of porosity and pore surface and for establishing fraction radii distributions in order to derive relevant parameters for moisture transport.