Abstract
Recently 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation techniques have been able to access changes in pore structures through surface and diffusion based relaxation measurements. This research investigates the applicability of these methods for measuring pore and surface changes due to biofilm growth in various model porous systems and natural geological media. Model bead packs of various construction containing 100. μm borosilicate and soda lime glass beads were used to demonstrate how changes in the measured relaxation rates can be used to non-invasively verify and quantify biofilm growth in porous media. However significant challenges are shown to arise when trying to implement the same techniques to verify biofilm growth in a natural geological media. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 965-971 |
Journal | Organic Geochemistry |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |