See proppant on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1995, P. A. Fletcher, C. T. Montgomery, G. G. Ramos, R. J. Guillory, M. J. Francis, “Optimizing hydraulic fracture length to prevent formation failure in oil and gas reservoirs”, in Jaak J. K. Daemen, Richard A. Schultz, editors, Rock Mechanics: Proceedings of the 35th U.S. Symposium, page 296:",
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"text": "In general, bigger proppant yields better permeability, but proppant size must be checked against proppant admittance criteria through the perforations and inside the fracture. Figure 17.9 shows permeability of various kinds of proppants under fracture closure stress.",
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