Rates of spontaneous imbibition of water and nonaqueous liquids into dry limestones have been measured at 25 °C. Thirteen English and French limestones were used, with eight liquids (water, decane, dodecane, sec-butanol, iso-propanol, tetrahydrofuran, perfluorodimethylcyclohexane, ethanediol). For the nonaqueous liquids, the measured sorptivity generally scales as (surface-tension/viscosity)1/2\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$^{1/2}$$\end{document} (here called F-scaling). Water sorptivities deviate from F-scaling, indicating partial wetting. A wetting coefficient (wetting index) is derived. Data show that there is little difference in the Hirschwald saturation coefficient measured with the different liquids, although there is a large variation between stones. Results suggest that physicochemical alteration of exposed pore surfaces strongly (and unpredictably) influences the capillary absorption of water by limestones.

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水和非水液体在干采石场石灰石中的自发毛细管吸入

已在 25 °C 下测量了水和非水液体自发吸收到干石灰石中的速率。使用了十三种英国和法国石灰石，八种液体（水、癸烷、十二烷、仲丁醇、异丙醇、四氢呋喃、全氟二甲基环己烷、乙二醇）。对于非水液体，测量的吸着性通常按比例缩放为（表面张力/粘度）1/2\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \ usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$^{1/2}$$\end{document}（这里称为 F-scaling ）。吸水率偏离 F 标度，表明部分润湿。导出润湿系数（润湿指数）。数据显示，虽然不同石头之间的差异很大，但用不同的液体测得的 Hirschwald 饱和系数几乎没有差异。结果表明，暴露孔隙表面的物理化学变化强烈（且不可预测）影响石灰石对水的毛细管吸收。