Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention mainly aims to provide the plugging agent, and the preparation method and the application thereof, wherein the plugging agent has the advantages of good high temperature resistance, high pressure bearing capacity, environmental protection in production and application and the like.
The first aspect of the present invention provides a plugging agent comprising structural unit a, structural unit B and structural unit D, wherein structural units a and D form a copolymer by a crosslinking agent;
the structural unit A is starch;
the structural unit B is a vinyl monomer-containing structural unit;
the structural unit D is a clay mineral unit;
the plugging agent has the following structural formula:
the structural formula of the structural unit B is
Or->
The method comprises the steps of carrying out a first treatment on the surface of the Wherein R is
1 And R is
3 Is the side chain structure of the vinyl polymer except the vinyl structure, R
2 CH-or N (nitrogen).
R is a methylene chain in the coupling agent, and forms a covalent bond Si-O-Si with HO-Si in the clay mineral through Si; the number of carbon atoms in the methylene chain is an integer of 1 to 5 (specifically 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), preferably an integer of 1 to 3 (specifically 1, 2, 3), in particular-CH 2 -、-CH 2 CH 2 -、-CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 -、-CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 -、-CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 -、-CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 -;
m is the degree of polymerization of the starch building block, x is the degree of polymerization of the vinyl monomer, and m+x=800 to 1600.
In the plugging agent, the total amount of the plugging agent is taken as a reference, the content of the structural unit A is 20-65wt%, the content of the structural unit B is 12-55wt%, the content of the structural unit D is 12-55wt%, and the content of the cross-linking agent is 0.5-10wt%.
In the plugging agent, the pressure bearing capacity of the plugging agent is not lower than 4MPa.
In the plugging agent, the starch can be one or more of mung bean starch, tapioca starch, sweet potato starch, wheat starch, water chestnut starch, lotus root starch and corn starch, preferably corn starch and/or potato starch.
In the plugging agent, the vinyl-containing monomer is a water-soluble vinyl monomer and can be one or more of a cationic monomer, an anionic monomer, a nonionic monomer and a zwitterionic monomer; further, the zwitterionic monomer is one or more of methacryloxyethyl-N, N-dimethyl propane sulfonate (DMAPS), N-dimethyl allyl amine propane sulfonate (DAPS), 4-Vinyl Pyridine Propane Sulfonate (VPPS), N-methyl diallyl propane sulfonate (MAPS) and N-methyl diallyl butane sulfonate (MABS), and is preferably N-methyl diallyl propane sulfonate. The cationic monomer is one or more of methacryloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (DMC), acryloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (DAC), acryloxyethyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (DBC), dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride (DMDAAC) and diethyl diallyl ammonium chloride (DEDAAC), preferably dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride. The anionic monomer is one or more of AA (acrylic acid), 2-methyl-2-acrylamidopropane sulfonic Acid (AMPS), fumaric Acid (FA), sodium allylsulfonate (SSS) and sodium 2-acryloyloxyisopentene sulfonate (AOIAS), and preferably 2-methyl-2-acrylamidopropane sulfonic acid. The nonionic monomer is one or more of N-vinyl pyrrolidone (NVP), acrylonitrile (AN), vinyl formamide (NVF) and vinyl acetamide (NVA), preferably N-vinyl pyrrolidone.
Among the plugging agents, the cross-linking agent can be one or more of a silane coupling agent, a titanate coupling agent and an aluminate coupling agent, and is preferably a silane coupling agent. Wherein the silane coupling agent is one or more of gamma-chloropropyl trichlorosilane, gamma-chloropropyl methyl dichlorosilane, gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane, gamma-chloropropyl triethoxysilane, chloromethyl triethoxysilane, gamma-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane, gamma- (beta-aminoethyl) aminopropyl trimethoxysilane, gamma-ureido propyl triethoxysilane and aniline methyl trimethoxysilane, preferably one or more of gamma-chloropropyl trichlorosilane, gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane, gamma-aminopropyl triethoxysilane and gamma-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane, and further preferably gamma-chloropropyl trichlorosilane and/or gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane.
In the plugging agent, the clay mineral is one or more of kaolinite, montmorillonite, illite, sepiolite and attapulgite, preferably kaolinite, montmorillonite and illite, and more preferably montmorillonite.
The second aspect of the invention provides a preparation method of a plugging agent, which comprises the following steps:
(1) Mixing starch with water, and uniformly mixing to obtain gelatinized starch;
(2) Mixing vinyl-containing monomer with water, and uniformly mixing to obtain a vinyl-containing monomer aqueous solution;
(3) Mixing the vinyl monomer-containing aqueous solution obtained in the step (2) with the gelatinized starch obtained in the step (1), adding an initiator after uniformly mixing, and reacting to obtain a starch graft copolymer;
(4) The starch graft copolymer obtained in the step (3) is dried and crushed to obtain powdery starch graft copolymer;
(5) Dispersing the powdery starch graft copolymer obtained in the step (4) into an organic solvent, then adding clay mineral and a cross-linking agent, and separating and drying after the reaction is completed to obtain the plugging agent.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the mixing temperature in the step (1) is 50-100 ℃, preferably 80-95 ℃.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the mass fraction of starch in the gelatinized starch in the step (1) is 5-20wt%.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the starch in the step (1) is one or more of mung bean starch, tapioca starch, sweet potato starch, wheat starch, water chestnut starch, lotus root starch and corn starch, preferably corn starch and/or potato starch.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the mass fraction of the vinyl-containing polymerized monomer aqueous solution in the step (2) is 30-60 wt%.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the mixing temperature in the step (3) is 40-90 ℃, and the reaction temperature is 50-80 ℃.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the initiator in the step (3) is one or more of potassium persulfate, sodium persulfate and ammonium persulfate; the initiator is used in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5wt% based on the total mass of the starch and the vinyl-containing monomer.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the dosage ratio of the vinyl monomer-containing aqueous solution obtained in the step (2) to the gelatinized starch obtained in the step (1) in the step (3) is 1: 4-2: 1.
in the preparation method of the plugging agent, the drying condition in the step (4) is that the plugging agent is dried for 8 to 16 hours at the temperature of 60 to 120 ℃.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, any one of the existing modes capable of breaking the solid-phase materials, such as a pulverizer and the like, can be adopted for breaking in the step (4), and specific conditions for breaking can be selected by a person skilled in the art according to actual needs of products.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the organic solvent in the step (5) is an organic solvent which can not dissolve the swelling starch but can dissolve the crosslinking agent, and can be one or more of alcohol, methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, methyl formate, ethyl acetate, ethyl formate, methyl acetate, butyl acetate and the like.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the dosage of the organic solvent in the step (5) is 2-8 times of the total mass of the starch and the vinyl-containing monomer.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the cross-linking agent in the step (5) can be one or more of a silane coupling agent, a titanate coupling agent and an aluminate coupling agent, and is preferably a silane coupling agent. Wherein the silane coupling agent is one or more of gamma-chloropropyl trichlorosilane, gamma-chloropropyl methyl dichlorosilane, gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane, gamma-chloropropyl triethoxysilane, chloromethyl triethoxysilane, gamma-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane, gamma- (beta-aminoethyl) aminopropyl trimethoxysilane, gamma-ureido propyl triethoxysilane and aniline methyl trimethoxysilane, preferably one or more of gamma-chloropropyl trichlorosilane, gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane, gamma-aminopropyl triethoxysilane and gamma-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane, and further preferably gamma-chloropropyl trichlorosilane and/or gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, in the step (5), the clay mineral is one or more of kaolinite, montmorillonite, illite, sepiolite and attapulgite, preferably kaolinite, montmorillonite and illite, and more preferably montmorillonite. The particle size of the clay mineral is not less than 200 meshes.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the reaction temperature of the adding cross-linking agent in the step (5) is 30-70 ℃.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the separation in the step (5) can be one or more of standing, layering and filtering, centrifugal separation, spray drying, direct powdering and the like.
In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the drying condition in the step (5) is that the plugging agent is dried for 8 to 16 hours at the temperature of 60 to 120 ℃.
According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided a drilling fluid comprising the above plugging agent, wherein the plugging agent is present in an amount of from 0.5 to 20wt%, preferably from 2 to 10wt%, more preferably from 3 to 7wt%, based on the total weight of the drilling fluid. The drilling fluid added with the plugging agent has good plugging capability, can effectively plug pores or micro cracks, prevent filtrate from penetrating into stratum in a large amount, reduce filtrate loss and play a good role in plugging. .
A fourth aspect of the present invention provides the use of a plugging agent as described above in a drilling process.
When the plugging agent is used in the drilling process, the addition amount is 0.1-5 wt%, preferably 0.5-5 wt%, and more preferably 1-5 wt%.
Compared with the prior art, the plugging agent and the preparation method thereof have the following advantages:
1. the plugging agent provided by the invention uses the vinyl polymerization monomer grafted modified starch, so that the starch has functionality, and besides ensuring the plugging property of the plugging agent, the temperature resistance, salt resistance and calcium resistance of the plugging agent in drilling fluid are improved, wherein the temperature resistance is not lower than 160 ℃, the salt resistance can reach saturation, and the calcium resistance is not lower than 5wt%.
2. In the preparation method of the plugging agent, the coupling agent is used for combining the organic starch and the inorganic clay mineral, so that on one hand, the structural rigidity of the material is increased, and the pressure bearing capacity of the plugging agent is improved. On the other hand, the grafted starch part in the plugging agent has high viscosity after being dissolved in water, and can tightly connect clay minerals of inert parts with stratum, enhance the interface effect and further improve the bearing capacity. The clay mineral has the same lithology as the stratum, and the structure containing silicon and oxygen is further condensed under high temperature and high pressure to form a bonding structure, so that the plugging and bearing capacity under high temperature and high pressure is greatly improved.
3. The preparation method of the plugging agent belongs to a green pollution-free synthesis method, uses a nontoxic and harmless organic solvent as an interface reaction system, has simple and controllable reaction process, is easy to dry into powder, greatly reduces the production energy consumption and cost, and truly achieves the aims of environmental protection of raw materials, environmental protection of production and environmental protection of application.
Detailed Description
The plugging agent of the present invention, its preparation method and application are further described below by way of specific examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
Example 1
40g of corn starch is weighed and added into deionized water to prepare a starch suspension with the mass fraction of 15%. Stirring at 90deg.C for 60min to obtain gelatinized starch; then, 30g of methacryloyloxyethyl-N, N-dimethylpropanesulfonate was weighed and prepared as a 50% by mass aqueous solution. Adding into gelatinized starch, and mixing at 70deg.C for 30min; adding 0.56g of potassium persulfate, and reacting for 3 hours at 70 ℃ to obtain a viscous starch graft copolymer; drying and dewatering at 110 ℃, and crushing to obtain the powdery starch graft copolymer. Dispersing the powdery starch graft copolymer in 300mL of ethyl acetate, and fully stirring and dispersing for 30min; adding 30g of kaolinite, mixing and re-dispersing for 30min; 5g of gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane are added and reacted for 4h at 45 ℃. After the reaction, separating and removing the organic solvent, drying for 8 hours at 110 ℃, and crushing to obtain the plugging agent. The infrared spectrum of the plugging agent is shown in figure 1, and the analysis of figure 1 shows that the plugging agent is 3434cm -1 2931 is the characteristic peak of OH in starch cm -1 、2846 cm -1 And 1386 cm -1 is-CH-, -CH 2 -、CH 3 Characteristic peak, 1640 cm -1 As c=o characteristic peak in monomer, 1048 cm -1 Is a characteristic peak of Si-O-C.
Example 2
20g of potato starch is weighed and added into deionized water to prepare a starch suspension with the mass fraction of 8%. Stirring at 85deg.C for 80min to obtain gelatinized starch; 35g of 2-methyl-2-acrylamidopropane sulfonic acid was weighed to prepare a 52% by mass aqueous solution. Adding into gelatinized starch, and mixing at 60deg.C for 30min; adding 0.61g of ammonium persulfate, and reacting for 4 hours at 60 ℃ to obtain a viscous starch graft copolymer; drying at 120 deg.c to eliminate water and crushing to obtain powdered starch graft copolymer. Dispersing starch graft copolymer powder in 450mL of methanol, and fully stirring and dispersing for 30min; adding 15g of montmorillonite, mixing and re-dispersing for 30min; 4g of gamma-chloropropyl trichlorosilane are added and reacted for 4 hours at 55 ℃. After the reaction, separating and removing the organic solvent, drying for 12 hours at 90 ℃ and crushing to obtain the plugging agent.
Example 3
33g of sweet potato starch is weighed and added into deionized water to prepare starch suspension with the mass fraction of 20%. Stirring at 80deg.C for 90min to obtain gelatinized starch; 15g of methacryloyloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride was weighed to prepare a 30% by mass aqueous solution. Adding into gelatinized starch, and mixing at 55deg.C for 30min; adding 0.62g of sodium persulfate, and reacting for 4 hours at 55 ℃ to obtain a viscous starch graft copolymer; drying at 90 ℃ to remove water, and crushing to obtain the powdery starch graft copolymer. Dispersing starch graft copolymer powder in 550ml ethanol, and stirring thoroughly for 30min; then adding 27g of montmorillonite, mixing and re-dispersing for 30min; 2.5g of gamma-aminopropyl triethoxysilane was added and reacted at 50℃for 3h. Separating and removing the organic solvent after the reaction, drying for 10 hours at 120 ℃, and crushing to obtain the plugging agent.
Example 4
25g of mung bean starch is weighed and added into deionized water to prepare a starch suspension with the mass fraction of 5%. Stirring at 90deg.C for 70min to obtain gelatinized starch; 40, g N-vinyl pyrrolidone is weighed and prepared into a 60% aqueous solution by mass percent. Adding into gelatinized starch, and mixing at 75deg.C for 30min; adding 0.33g of potassium persulfate, and reacting for 2 hours at 75 ℃ to obtain a viscous starch graft copolymer; drying at 70 ℃ to remove water, and crushing to obtain the powdery starch graft copolymer. Dispersing starch graft copolymer powder in 420ml butyl acetate, and fully stirring and dispersing for 30min; adding 10g of attapulgite, mixing and re-dispersing for 30min; 4.5g of phenylmethyltrimethoxysilane were added and reacted at 60℃for 3 hours. After the reaction, separating and removing the organic solvent, drying for 9 hours at 100 ℃ and crushing to obtain the plugging agent.
Example 5
35g of lotus root starch is weighed and added into deionized water to prepare a starch suspension with the mass fraction of 16%. Stirring at 93 ℃ for 60min to obtain gelatinized starch; then, 10g of sodium allylsulfonate was weighed to prepare a 42% by mass aqueous solution. Adding into gelatinized starch, and mixing at 80deg.C for 30min; adding 0.68g of sodium persulfate, and reacting for 2.5 hours at 80 ℃ to obtain a viscous starch graft copolymer; drying and dewatering at 95 ℃, and crushing to obtain the powdery starch graft copolymer. Dispersing starch graft copolymer powder in 380ml ethanol, and stirring thoroughly for 30min; adding 40g of sepiolite, mixing and re-dispersing for 30min; 1g of gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane was added and reacted at 55℃for 2h. Separating and removing the organic solvent after the reaction, drying for 11 hours at 95 ℃, and crushing to obtain the plugging agent.
Example 6
22g of corn starch is weighed and added into deionized water to prepare a starch suspension with the mass fraction of 10%. Stirring at 88 deg.C for 75min to obtain gelatinized starch; 18g of 4-vinylpyridine propane sulfonate was weighed again and prepared as a 36% by mass aqueous solution. Adding into gelatinized starch, and mixing at 65deg.C for 30min; adding 0.4g of potassium persulfate, and reacting for 3 hours at 65 ℃ to obtain a viscous starch graft copolymer; drying at 105 deg.c to eliminate water and crushing to obtain powdered starch graft copolymer. Dispersing starch graft copolymer powder in 620ml butanol, stirring thoroughly for 30min; adding 36g of montmorillonite, mixing and re-dispersing for 30min; 3g of gamma-ureidopropyltriethoxysilane are added and reacted at 50℃for 3h. After the reaction, separating and removing the organic solvent, drying for 13 hours at 90 ℃ and crushing to obtain the plugging agent.
Comparative example 1
40g of corn starch is weighed and added into deionized water to prepare a starch suspension with the mass fraction of 15%. Stirring at 90deg.C for 60min to obtain gelatinized starch, drying at 110deg.C for removing water, and pulverizing to obtain powdery starch. Dispersing powdery starch in 300mL ethyl acetate, and fully stirring and dispersing for 30min; adding 30g of kaolinite, mixing and re-dispersing for 30min; 5g of gamma-chloropropyl trimethoxysilane are added and reacted for 4h at 45 ℃. After the reaction, separating and removing the organic solvent, drying for 8 hours at 110 ℃, and crushing to obtain the plugging agent.
Comparative example 2
40g of corn starch is weighed and added into deionized water to prepare a starch suspension with the mass fraction of 15%. Stirring at 90deg.C for 60min to obtain gelatinized starch; then, 30g of methacryloyloxyethyl-N, N-dimethylpropanesulfonate was weighed and prepared as a 50% by mass aqueous solution. Adding into gelatinized starch, and mixing at 70deg.C for 30min; adding 0.56g of potassium persulfate, and reacting for 3 hours at 70 ℃ to obtain a viscous starch graft copolymer; drying and dewatering at 110 ℃, and crushing to obtain the powdery starch graft copolymer. Dispersing the powdery starch graft copolymer in 300mL of ethyl acetate, and fully stirring and dispersing for 30min; adding 30g of kaolinite, mixing and re-dispersing for 30min; the reaction was carried out at 45℃for 4h. After the reaction, separating and removing the organic solvent, drying for 8 hours at 110 ℃, and crushing to obtain the plugging agent.
Samples of the examples and the comparative examples were taken, and the pressure bearing capacity test was performed using a QD-2 type plugging device with an addition of 5wt% and using different slit plates. The test results are shown in tables 1 and 2. The experimental slurry is mixed salt water-based slurry, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: 40g of test soil is weighed and added into 1000mL of water, 1.4g of anhydrous sodium carbonate is added, and 100g of NaCl and 50g of CaCl are added after stirring for 20min 2 And (5) sealing and curing for 24 hours at room temperature for standby. Before testing the bearing capacity, 350mL of base slurry is added with 5wt% plugging agent, stirred for 20min, then added into an aging kettle, rolled and aged for 16h at 160 ℃, cooled, taken out and stirred for 20min, and then tested for the bearing capacity.
Table 1 results of test of pressure bearing ability of sample on 1mm slit plate
Sequence number
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Sample of
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Pressure bearing capacity/MPa
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1
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Example 1
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5.3
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2
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Example 2
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5.8
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3
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Example 3
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4.5
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4
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Example 4
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5.2
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5
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Example 5
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4.6
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6
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Example 6
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4.7
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7
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Comparative example 1
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2.1
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8
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Comparative example 2
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0.7 |
Table 2 results of test of the bearing ability of the sample in the 3mm slit plate
Sequence number
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Sample of
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Pressure bearing capacity/MPa
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1
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Example 1
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5.1
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2
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Example 2
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5.6
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3
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Example 3
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4.2
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4
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Example 4
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5.0
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5
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Example 5
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4.3
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6
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Example 6
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4.5
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7
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Comparative example 1
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1.7
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8
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Comparative example 2
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0.5 |