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Chapter 4.2, Problem 2A
Summary Introduction
The reason for the recovery of different amounts of water for each material during the permeability experiment.
Introduction:
Permeability is defined as the property of rocks which determines the transmissions of fluids. Every rock has different permeability, which is used to determine the hydrocarbon and water reservoir under the subsurface.
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