Transcription of CHAPTER 1. SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
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CHAPTER 1. SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SSC107-Fall 2000 CHAPTER 1, Page - 1 - CHAPTER 1. SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIESC ontents: Soil physics Soil texture Soil surface area Soil structure Volume and mass relationships Water content measurements UnitsSOIL PHYSICS: THE STUDY OF THE STATE AND TRANSPORT OF ALL FORM OFMATTER AND ENERGY IN SOILSJ Why study soil physics ???ATMOSPHEREROOTZONESOIL SURFACEVADOSE ZONE CROPSSTREAMGROUNDWATERSOILS: SOURCE OF NUTRIENTS AND WATER FOR CROP AND PLANT GROWTH CONDUIT BETWEEN SOIL SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER ACT AS FILTER AND A BUFFERSSC107-Fall 2000 CHAPTER 1, Page - 2 -Soils are extremely complex, hence we often simplify to study and understand soil physicalprinciples, , soil particles are spherical soil pores are composed of capillary tubes soil is homogeneoussoil particlessoil gassoil waterSOIL SOLID PHASE IS CHARACTERIZED BY SOIL TEXTURE - SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL PARTICLES CHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL PROPERTIES SHAPE AND SURFACE AREA OF SOIL PARTICLES SOIL STRUCTURE - ARRANGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL SOIL PARTICLESSoil tex
Sometimes, we use wet bulk density, and it is defined as r wb = (m l + m s)/V Moreover, we define density of each of the specific phases, or r m = m s/V s varies between 2.6-2.65 for most mineral soils (mineral density) r l = m l/V l is about 1.0 for water and assumed constant (water density) r g = m g/V g approximately zero, relative to other ...
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