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How quickly would groundwater flow through rock with porosity and high permeability?
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What is the name of the process of the ability of water to pass through a rock?
Porosity or permeability .
Can a rock have small spaces but not allow water to flow through?
Yes, it can have porosity, or pore spaces, but may not have permeability, or the ability for a fluid to flow through connected pore spaces.
How does the porosity affect the amount of water that could stay between rock particles?
Porosity is a measure how hole many pores, or holes a rock has in it. Permeability is a measure of how a rock resists fluids flowing through it. If a rock is very porous and is very permeable, water will pass right through it. Limestone is a good example. If the reverse is true, water will not flow through. Marble or Granite are good examples.
What is the ability of a cell membrane to allow material to pass through it called?
permeability
What is the rate at which liquid passes through the pore spaces of a rock Surplus?
Permeability
How does the permeability of soil and rocks affect the flow of groundwater?
Permeability is when water can pass through different types of soil and rocks. Therefore the permeability affects the soil and rocks because if the soil or rock is PERMEABLE then the groundwater can easily flow through it :)
Compare the porosity and the permeability of an aquifer with the porosity and the permeability of a layer of shale beneath the aquifer?
The permeability and porosity of an aquifer is very high, air and pretty much any liquid can pass trough it with ease. Where as shale has very little porosity making it virtually impossible for air or liquid to pass through.
What is the name of the process of the ability of water to pass through a rock?
Porosity or permeability .
How does water moves through the ground?
Porosity and permeability of the rock or soil is how water moves.
Porosity is the amount of pore space in soils. Permeability is the ability of water to pass through the soil. Why do some soils have high porosity but low permeability?
Some soils have a large volume of pore space,but the individual pores are too small to allowwater to pass through.
How does soil porosity affect its permeability?
Porosity--the ability of water to move through the soil Permeability--the abiity of roots to reach into the soil Where water goes, roots can follow. If water cannot penetrate the soil, roots won't either.
What is the difference between premeability and porosity?
The word is spelled 'Permeability'. Porosity means something can take water into itself but Permeable means it will allow water to pass through it
How can man increase porosity and permeability in oil wells?
There is not feasible way to change the overall porosity and permeability in an oil field. However, it is possible in many cases to improve the porosity and permeability within the near wellbore region, where the change in pressure is the greatest. Injecting acid into a well, may slightlyincrease the porosity but sigmificantly improve the permeability, as it creates larger flow paths (also called worm holes) through the formation. Hydraulic fracturing will also stimulate a well, although the formation's permeability and porosity is unchanges. It makes it easier for oil to flow into the well, so its effect in the long run, is the same as if the near well bore region had higher permeability. Low permeability formations often produced by horizontal wells, which is similar to hydraulic fracturing- it is easier for the oil to flow to the well.
What is the property of soil that determines that water will soak through the ground?
This is porosity. You might also say that the soil is free-draining.
What is meant by porosity of a stone?
"Porosity is a measure of how much of a rock is open space. This space can be between grains or within cracks or cavities of the rock.""Permeability is a measure of the ease with which a fluid (water in this case) can move through a porous rock."Porosity becomes useful to know when, say, you want to determine how quickly a chemical spill might enter an underground water supply.Hope this helps.
Difference between porosity and permeability?
Porosity is the amount of void space in a rock or other earth material (like a sand deposit) - in other words, it´s how much water a material can hold. Permeability refers to how well water flows through a material - that´s controlled by how large the pores are, and how well connected they are.
Can a rock have small spaces but not allow water to flow through?
Yes, it can have porosity, or pore spaces, but may not have permeability, or the ability for a fluid to flow through connected pore spaces.
