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Water in the soil

Author: Jean-Pierre MAGNAN

Publication date: November 10, 1999

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1.1 Water in the soil

We have seen in this treatise [4] that water can be found in several states inside a soil, depending on the intensity of the forces binding its molecules to solid particles (figure 1 ). A distinction is made between :

  • water of constitution, which enters into the chemical composition of the minerals from which the soil particles are formed;

  • bound or absorbed water, on the surface of very fine grains, which is oriented by molecular attraction and electrostatic forces; it has a high viscosity and does not transmit pressure;...

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