Thermal conductivity and diffusivity of soils as related to moisture tension and other physical properties

✍ Scribed by G. Al Nakshabandi; H. Kohnke

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1965
• Weight: 370 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-1571
• DOI: 10.1016/0002-1571(65)90013-0

✦ Synopsis

Mineral soils of different textures, containing the same amount of water, exhibit very different thermal conductivities. However, when they are compared at the same moisture tensions, their thermal conductivities are similar. Moisture variations have a much greater effect on thermal conductivity of soils than bulk density and grain size.