Water Absorption In Soil
Experiment – Water Absorption In Soil Take a beaker, funnel, filter paper, few samples of soil and a dropper. First take a filter paper, fold it and place in funnel. Place a funnel in a beaker.
Fill the funnel with 50 grms of soil. With the help of measuring cylinder, measure 100 ml of water. Pour the water on the soil with the help of a dropper. Pour the water in such a way that it spreads over the entire surface of soil. Keep pouring the water until the water just starts dripping from the funnel. Now measure the quantity of water left in the flask.
Let us assume it is 60 ml. So we conclude that water absorbed by 50 grm of soil = (100 ml – 60ml) = 40 ml Considering the fact that 1 ml of water weighs 1grm, the water absorbed as a percentage of the weight of the soil = 40grm\50grm *100%= 80% The experiment is repeated for different soil sample.
Generally we conclude that the rate of absorption of water is higher in clay soil than sandy soil.
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