Free energy of water-suction-in filter papers

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-364

  Bulut, Rifat ^a   Wray, Warren K ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Filter paper; Free energy; Matric suction; Soil suction; Total suction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DRYING; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; FREE ENERGY; MASS TRANSFER; OSMOSIS; PAPER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER; WETTING;

MATRIX SUCTION; OSMOTIC SUCTION; SOIL SUCTION; UNSATURATED SOILS; WATER-SUCTION-IN FILTER PAPERS;

SOIL TESTING;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DRYING; FILTRATION; FREE ENERGY; MASS TRANSFER; OSMOSIS; PAPER; PRESSURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM FILTERS; WATER; WETTING;

EID: 23144438404     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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