Tension infiltrometer contact interface evaluation by use of a potassium iodide tracer

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 995-1004

  Close, K R ^a   Frasier, G ^b,c,e   Dunn, G H ^d   Loftis, J C ^a,b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b ASAE ^*

^c Crops Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d Bldg D   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact material; Disc permeameter; Dye; Membrane; Methods; Silica sand

Indexed keywords

DYES; INFILTRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MEMBRANES; PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY); POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICA SAND; WETTING;

PACKED SOIL COLUMNS; POTASSIUM IODIDE; TENSION INFILTROMETERS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 0032122196     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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