Representative Elementary Volume of Rock Using X-Ray Microcomputed Tomography: A New Statistical Approach

Table 2

Size of the subsamples analysed.

Subsample size (voxels)	Number of subsamples	Volume (mm^3)
		Glass beads	Sand pack	Bentheimer	St. Bees	Mount Gambier
	2	4.25	7.39	10.38	5.83	10.38
	3	2.83	4.93	6.92	3.89	6.92
	4	2.12	3.70	5.19	2.92	5.19
	4	1.77	3.08	4.33	2.43	4.33
	6	1.42	2.46	3.46	1.94	3.46
	6	1.18	2.05	2.88	1.62	2.88
	8	1.06	1.85	2.60	1.46	2.60
	8	0.94	1.64	2.31	1.30	2.31
	8	0.88	1.54	2.16	1.22	2.16
	8	0.61	1.07	1.50	0.84	1.50
	10	0.53	0.92	1.30	0.73	1.30
	10	0.31	0.55	0.77	0.43	0.77
	12	0.13	0.23	0.32	0.18	0.32
	20	0.04	0.07	0.10	0.05	0.10