Ink-Bottle Effect in Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry of Cement-Based Materials

Hydration of Binary Portland Cement Blends Containing Silica Fume: A Decoupling Method to Estimate Degrees of Hydration and Pozzolanic Reaction

“…The instrument has a maximum applicable pressure of 210 MPa, which corresponds to a minimum detectable pore diameter of approximately 6 nm, when the selected contact angle and surface tension are used for pore size calculation. It is worth noting that, although MIP is an inappropriate method for determining the pore size distribution of cement-based materials because of the well-known ink-bottle effect (Moro and Böhni, 2002), it is useful to provide threshold diameters, intrudable pore volume measurements, as well as overall comparisons of pore structures (finer or coarser) (Diamond, 2000). Only physically meaningful parameters from MIP were used for derivations and validations in this study.…”

Modeling liquid porosimetry in modeled and imaged 3-D fibrous microstructures

“…Consequently, an incorrect pore volume will be assigned to a smaller pore diameter. The ink-bottle effect has been fully investigated for different types of porous materials by different authors [30,31].…”

Use of nanocomposites as permeability reducing admixtures

“…Although MIP measurements can significantly underestimate the average pore diameter due to “ink bottle effects,” these results clearly show the relative change in pore size distribution in the presence of nanoparticles, independent of the actual absolute size. The MIP results are corroborated by those obtained by gas adsorption, which show an increase in adsorption capability, proportionally to the amount of Me–S–H nanoparticles added to the system (Figure ).…”