000011759 001__ 11759 000011759 005__ 20200423202831.0 000011759 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.1029/2009WR008686 000011759 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000283951500003 000011759 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/20630 000011759 037__ $$aPreJuSER-11759 000011759 041__ $$aeng 000011759 082__ $$a550 000011759 084__ $$2WoS$$aEnvironmental Sciences 000011759 084__ $$2WoS$$aLimnology 000011759 084__ $$2WoS$$aWater Resources 000011759 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)129542$$aStingaciu, L.-R.$$b0$$uFZJ 000011759 245__ $$aDetermination of pore size distribution and hydraulic properties using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry: a comparative study of laboratory methods (nur online) 000011759 260__ $$aWashington, DC$$bAGU$$c2010 000011759 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article 000011759 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000011759 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000011759 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000011759 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000011759 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000011759 440_0 $$05958$$aWater Resources Research$$v46$$x0043-1397$$yW11510 000011759 500__ $$aMany thanks to Mathieu Javaux and Guido Rentmeesters from UCL, Belgium, for access to and help with Hg intrusion measurements; the DFG (project PO 746/2-1) for financial support; Peter Blumler and Normen Hermes (FZ Juelich) for help with the low-field setup; Anke Langen and Benedikt Scharnagl (FZ Juelich, ICG4) for various retention function measurements; and Claudia Walraf for BET measurements. The reviewers of the paper are also acknowledged for their useful comments and suggestions, which greatly helped us understand and interpret our measurements. 000011759 520__ $$a[ 1] In this study, we evaluate the feasibility of using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry measurements to characterize pore size distribution and hydraulic properties in four porous samples with different texture and composition. We compare NMR with two classical techniques based on water retention and mercury intrusion measurements. Both T-2 and T-1 NMR relaxation measurements at 6.47 MHz were carried out for three saturated model samples (medium sand, fine sand, and a homogenous sand/kaolin clay mixture) and one saturated natural silt loam soil. Cumulative pore size distribution functions and mean pore diameters were calculated assuming average surface relaxivity parameters and a cylindrical capillary model of the pores. The mean pore diameters derived from T-2 and T-1 distributions as well as the cumulative pore size distribution functions agree satisfactorily with those derived from mercury intrusion and retention curves. The observed deviations are due to limitations of each method, sample preparation, and sample composition. To evaluate the influence of the variations observed in the hydraulic properties of the samples, the pore size distribution functions were scaled back to water retention functions, and the van Genuchten hydraulic parameters were estimated by inversion using the RETC software. 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