Approaches to characterize the degree of water repellency

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 231-232, Issue , 2000, Pages 61-65

  Letey, J ^a   Carrillo, M L K ^a   Pang, X P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Surface tension; Water drop penetration time; Water entry pressure

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATIONS; CHARACTERIZATION; CONTACT ANGLE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; ETHANOL; INFILTRATION; PORE SIZE; PRESSURE; SOILS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; WATER DROP PENETRATION TIME; WATER ENTRY PRESSURE;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

HYDROPHOBICITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0034729478     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00183-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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