Financial support for this work,provided by the Key Basic Research Program of China(Nos.2010CB226800 and 2007CB202200);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 50490270);the Innovation Team Development Program of the Ministry of Education of China(No.IRT0656)
Hydrophilic characteristics of rocks are affected by their microscopic pore structures,which clearly change after water absorption.Water absorption tests and scanning electron microscopic(SEM) experiments on rock sa...