Estimation of Specific Surface Area of Soils Using Pedotransfer Functions

Authors

1 Water Resource Authority, Kermanshah, Iran

2 School of Hydraulic Structures, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Institute, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The term “Specific Surface Area” (SSA) refers to the area per unit weight of soil. SSA is a fundamental soil property that can be used as an indicator of soil behavior (Utkaeva, 2007) to explain many of the physical and chemical phenomena of the soil: including fertility-determining components (such as the water holding capacity, the adsorption of plant nutrients, and the amount of organic matter) (Voronin, 1975). Measurement of specific surface area is time-consuming and relatively expensive; therefore, its estimation by routinely measured soil variables is preferred. In the present paper two pedotransfer functions for estimating of total SSA (including external and internal specific surface area) was presented, one a multivariate pedotransfer function based on the standard deviation of the diameter of soil particles and clay percent and second an exponential pedotransfer function based on slope of linear regression equation of logarithmic PSD Curve.   

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Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Volume 50.3, Issue 100 - Serial Number 100
Autumn of 2020
December 2020
Pages 1-8

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