The kinetics and energetics of transitions between water repellent and wettable soil conditions: A linear free energy analysis of the relationship between WDPT and MED/CST

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2248-2254

  Douglas, Peter ^a   Mainwaring, Kathryn A ^a   Morley, Christopher P ^a,b   Doerr, Stefan H ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CST; Hydrophobic; MED; Water repellence; WDPT

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

LINEAR FREE ENERGY ANALYSIS; MOLARITY OF ETHANOL (MED); WATER DROPLET PENETRATION TIME (WDPT); WATER REPELLENCY; WETTABLE SOIL;

SOILS;

FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SOILS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

CORRELATION; DROPLET; ENERGETICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; SANDY SOIL; SOIL WATER; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 34548071902     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6747     Document Type: Article

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