AMOUNT OF SOIL MOISTURE TRANSFERRED IN A THERMO-OSMOTIC PROCESS OF FREEZING AS A FUNCTION OF POROSITY OF SOIL

AS A PART OF CONTINUED RESEARCH ON SOIL MOISTURE MIGRATION IN FREEZING SOIL SYSTEMS, THE AMOUNT OF SOIL MOISTURE TRANSFERRED, THE TRANSMISSIBILITY OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SOIL TO WATER, THE INDUCED STREAMING POTENTIALS UPON FREEZING, THE RATIO OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF THE FROZEN SOIL TO THAT OF THE UNFROZEN EXPERIMENTAL SOIL, AS WELL AS THE FROST PENETRATION DEPTH IN THE EXPERIMENTAL SOIL, ARE REPORTED AS FUNCTIONS OF POROSITY OF THE SOIL. THE GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF THESE FACTORS AS A FUNCTION OF POROSITY BEARS OUT THE QUALITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE AFOREMENTIONED FACTORS AND POROSITY OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SOIL.