PMID- 31712589 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20200514 LR - 20210110 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Nov 11 TI - Investigation on the pore characteristics of coal specimens with bursting proneness. PG - 16518 LID - 10.1038/s41598-019-52917-9 [doi] LID - 16518 AB - To achieve further insight into the pore characteristics, the coal specimens with different bursting proneness before and after uniaxial compression failure are tested and compared in this paper. The data of mercury intrusion test is corrected by that of low-temperature nitrogen adsorption and desorption test (LTNAD). The pore size distribution and pore volume of specimens are obtained. The pore compressibility coefficient is determined based on the fractal dimension of pore. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and computed tomography (CT) are combined to evaluated the pore connectivity. The value of pore compressibility coefficient of specimens with high bursting proneness is larger than that of medium bursting proneness. It means more compressibility and abrupt failure under stress. The researches of both SEM and CT indicate that the pore connectivity of specimens with medium bursting proneness is better. The results show that great differences exist in the pore characteristics of specimens with high and medium bursting proneness, and uniaxial compression failure exacerbates the complexity of pore characteristics. FAU - Li, Yutao AU - Li Y AD - School of Mechanics & Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China. liyutao_82@126.com. FAU - Jiang, Yaodong AU - Jiang Y AD - School of Mechanics & Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China. FAU - Zhang, Bo AU - Zhang B AD - State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. FAU - Song, Honghua AU - Song H AD - School of Energy & Mining Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China. FAU - Dong, Wenbo AU - Dong W AD - School of Mechanics & Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China. FAU - Wang, Pengpeng AU - Wang P AD - School of Energy & Mining Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20191111 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 SB - IM PMC - PMC6848201 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2019/11/13 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/13 06:01 PMCR- 2019/11/11 CRDT- 2019/11/13 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/13 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-52917-9 [pii] AID - 52917 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-019-52917-9 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2019 Nov 11;9(1):16518. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52917-9.