midterm 1 (1d)

Fragment of a discussion from Course talk:APBI200

Hi Amy,

When a soil is saturated, water occupies all of the pore space in that soil - this means that the volume of water equals the volume of the pores!

Cheers

PaulaPorto (talk)‎07:56, 7 February 2020

Hi! I solved for porosity (using a particle density of 2.65 g/cm^3) and got f=.54 or 54%. Does this seem reasonable?

AmyMays (talk)‎14:48, 7 February 2020
 
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