Date of Award:
5-1957
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Department name when degree awarded
Soil Physics
Committee Chair(s)
Sterling Taylor
Committee
Sterling Taylor
Committee
Norman Baner
Committee
Rex L. Hurst
Abstract
The tenacity with which water is held in the soil is an important factor in determining the availability of water to plants. It is this attraction for water by the soil particle which is the basic phenomenon of soil moisture tension. Soil moisture tension may be defined as the pressure difference that must be maintained across the wall of a porous cup in order to attain a zero transfer rate between water in the soil, which is subject to surface-force action, and water in the cup, which is not subject to surface force action.
Checksum
714326a0370022bb284a0c6fcdd9b354
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Gordon, "The Effect of Temperature on the Tension of Water in the Soil" (1957). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2671.
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