On the vanishing of solute diffusion in porous media at a threshold moisture content

被引:39
作者
Hunt, AG
Ewing, RP [1 ]
机构
[1] Iowa State Univ, Dept Agron, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[2] Univ Colorado, Cooperat Inst Res Environm Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
关键词
Computer simulation - Continuum mechanics - Diffusion - Moisture - Percolation (fluids);
D O I
10.2136/sssaj2003.1701
中图分类号
S15 [土壤学];
学科分类号
0903 ; 090301 ;
摘要
It was recently shown that the solute diffusion coefficient tends to zero at some threshold water content. We examine this phenomenon in light of recent simulation results from a network diffusion model. The experimental and simulation results agree, inviting an explanation from continuum percolation theory.
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页码:1701 / 1702
页数:2
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