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WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
卷 50, 期 10, 页码 7873-7885出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014941
关键词
surface area; water vapor adsorption; film thickness
Estimation of soil specific surface area (SSA) and dry-end water vapor adsorption are important for porous media characterization and for prediction of water and vapor fluxes in arid environments. The objective of the presented study was to model water adsorption, film thickness, and SSA based on the t-curve theory originally developed for N-2 adsorption. Data from 21 source soils with clay contents ranging from 0.6 to 52.2% were used to estimate specific surface area based on water retention, a t-curve type method, the linear prediction method, and a simplified monolayer method. The water retention and the t-curve methods were found to be mathematically analogous and were among the most accurate with regard to correlation coefficient (r=0.97) and root-mean-square error (RMSE=11.36 x 10(3) m(2)/kg) when compared to measurements obtained with the standard ethylene glycol monoethyl ether (EGME) method. The corrected t-curve method significantly overestimated SSA when compared to EGME data. Comparison of all considered methods with N-2-BET (BET) measurements disclosed lower correlation coefficients. For soil studies, the vapor adsorption in conjunction with the t-curve or water retention methods should be preferred for SSA estimation as they show much higher correlation with soil clay content and EGME measurements. Key Points SSA is related to the slope of the water content versus film thickness function SSA can be estimated from water content at monolayer Film thickness can be predicted from adapted t-curve method 10.1002/(ISSN)1944-7973
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