Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Pycnometer empty mass (g)
- 50
- Pycnometer plus dry soil (g)
- 100
- Pycnometer plus soil plus water (g)
- 180
- Pycnometer filled with water only (g)
- 150
- Water density at test temperature (g/cm³)
- 0.998
- Particle specific gravity
- 2.5
- Particle density (g/cm³)
- 2.495
Try another scenario
- Pycnometer empty mass (g)
- 51
- Pycnometer plus dry soil (g)
- 100
- Pycnometer plus soil plus water (g)
- 180
- Pycnometer filled with water only (g)
- 150
- Water density at test temperature (g/cm³)
- 0.998
- Particle specific gravity
- 2.578947
- Particle density (g/cm³)
- 2.573789
Calculation method
Calculation method
Particle specific gravity
Gs=(soil dry mass)/(soil dry mass + water-only filled mass − soil/water filled mass), no temperature correction beyond entered density.
Particle density (g/cm³)
Gs=(soil dry mass)/(soil dry mass + water-only filled mass − soil/water filled mass), no temperature correction beyond entered density.
Symbols and units
- a
- Pycnometer empty mass (g)
- b
- Pycnometer plus dry soil (g)
- c
- Pycnometer plus soil plus water (g)
- d
- Pycnometer filled with water only (g)
- e
- Water density at test temperature (g/cm³)
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- User-supplied measurements and assumptions; Gs=(soil dry mass)/(soil dry mass + water-only filled mass − soil/water filled mass), no temperature correction beyond entered density. Supported limits: Finite numeric values bounded to 1e9 magnitude; lists and tables contain 1–100 records unless a stricter bound is stated. Inputs use the units shown. Lists explicitly paired by a method must have matching lengths; independent polynomial coefficient vectors may differ. Respect stated physical, interpolation, policy and computational domain limits.
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Further reading
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