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Porosity is a very important property of iron ore green pellets. At LKAB, the mercury porosimeter was replaced some years ago by the GeoPyc instrument, in which the sample volume is measured by packing in silica sand. Some critical features of the GeoPyc measurement are pointed out in this study. The green pellets need to be strengthened by spraying with a fast-drying lacquer before measurement. A...