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PORE-VOLUME [1 record]

Record 1 2002-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Soil Science
DEF

The volume percentage of the total bulk not occupied by solid particles.

OBS

Expressed in terms of the ration of void volume to total volume in percentages.

Key term(s)
  • pore-volume

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Science du sol
DEF

Pourcentage en volume de la masse totale qui n'est pas occupée par des particules solides.

CONT

En pédologie, la porosité est en relation avec la fraction du sol occupé par l'air et par l'eau. Elle se mesure par le rapport entre les vides du sol et le volume total de celui-ci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Ciencia del suelo
DEF

Relación entre el volumen de intersticios en una muestra dada de un medio poroso, por ejemplo suelo, y el volumen bruto del medio poroso, incluidos los huecos.

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