Title: Specific surface: determination and relevance
Abstract:Specific surface captures the combined effects of particle size and slenderness in a measurement that is independent and complementary to grain-size distribution. There are various methods to measure ...Specific surface captures the combined effects of particle size and slenderness in a measurement that is independent and complementary to grain-size distribution. There are various methods to measure specific surface, including gas adsorption in dry conditions and selective molecular absorption in aqueous suspensions. The measurement procedure can have an important effect on measured values, yet such sensitivity is informative in itself. The amount of surface in a soil mass determines the balance between surface-related forces and gravimetricskeletal forces acting on a soil particle, affects fabric formation, supports rich energy coupling mechanisms, governs conduction, and controls sorption and retardation during chemical diffusion.Key words: specific surface, surface area, methylene blue, gas adsorption, fabric, Atterberg limits, grain-size distribution.Read More
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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