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Capillary forces

Appears in 5 processs and 14 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

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Matric potential and the soil water retention curve

5 steps

Water infiltration, retention and movement

4 steps

Capillary rise from shallow groundwater and salt accumulation

3 steps

Start: Capillary rise from shallow groundwater and salt accumulation
End: Capillary rise from shallow groundwater and salt accumulation
Capillary fringe above the water table: rise follows Jurin h = 0.15/r cm, about 0.3-0.5 m in fine sand and 1-2 m in silt

Soil evaporation stages and capillary rise from shallow groundwater

1 step

Capillary rise from a water table: fringe height is about 0.15 cm2 divided by the pore radius, from roughly 0.1-0.3 m in coarse sand to over 1.5 m in silt and clay

Plant-available water from field capacity to wilting point

1 step

Capillary and adsorptive forces hold water: by the Young-Laplace law pores wider than about 10 to 30 micrometres empty at field capacity (-10 to -33 kPa) and pores narrower than about 0.2 micrometres hold water beyond -1.5 MPa

Often found with

Water 10 Pore space 10 Soil pores 6 Plant roots 6 Clay minerals 5 Groundwater 5 Soluble salts 3 Soil organic matter 2 Gravity 1 Earthworm burrows 1 Root channels 1 Soil organic matter 1

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