Base data: median values for the correlation of water content to organic content (n = 785), and for the particle density of inorganic matter = 2.8 (n = 444) and of organic matter = 1.6 (n = 444) according to pychnometer determinations.

Water content

Porosity

Void ratio

Organic content

Particle density

Bulk density

Heat capacity

weight-%

vol.-%

 

%

 

wet

dry

 

0

0.00

0.00

0.0

2.800

2.800

2.80

0.560

10

23.62

0.31

0.8

2.783

2.362

2.13

0.661

20

40.91

0.69

1.5

2.769

2.045

1.64

0.736

30

54.13

1.18

2.2

2.754

1.804

1.26

0.794

40

64.62

1.83

2.9

2.740

1.616

0.97

0.840

50

73.14

2.72

3.75

2.723

1.463

0.73

0.878

55

76.82

3.31

4.4

2.711

1.397

0 .63

0.893

60

80.18

4.04

5.1

2.697

1.336

0.53

0.908

65

83.22

4.96

6.5

2.670

1.280

0.45

0.921

70

86.02

6.15

8.2

2.638

1.229

0.37

0.934

75

88.66

7.82

9.9

2.606

1.182

0.30

0.946

80

91.14

10.29

11.8

2.572

1.139

0.23

0.956

85

93.49

14.36

14.0

2.534

1.100

0.17

0.968

90

95.68

22.15

18.4

2.460

1.063

0.11

0.978

95

97.76

43.64

29.0

2.300

1.029

0.05

0.988

96.5

98.40

61.50

34.5

2.224

1.020

0.04

0.991

Density-related parameters. Some corresponding values.

The relationship between void ratio, water content, and bulk density, exemplified by some corresponding values in the table above, was used to calculate probable void-ratio values. The given values of organic content as a density-related parameter in the table are uncertain, and should only be regarded as median values for the correlation of water content to organic content in the 785 analysed sub-samples.

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