About Lesson
Porosity:
- Soil porosity is the percentage of a soil that is pore space or voids.
- The average soil has a porosity of about 50%, and the pores are filled with air or water depending on the moisture content.
- Sands have larger pores, but less Mal pore space than clays.
- If both bulk density and particle density are known, the total porosity can be calculated using these values.
- e. Porosity = 1- (Bulk density /Particle density)