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ELECTRICAL TORTUOSITY [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Soil Science
OBS

tortuosity: The inverse ratio of the length of a rock specimen to the length of the equivalent path of electrolyte within it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Science du sol
OBS

(...) la tortuosité "électrique" (analogue [à la tortuosité fluide], mais pour les lignes de courant électrique lorsque la phase fluide saturant les pores et conductrice de l'électricité et le solide résistant) (...)

Spanish

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