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Simultaneous Transport of Chloride and Water During Infiltration
Author(s) -
Kirda C.,
Nielsen D. R.,
Biggar J. W.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1973.03615995003700030011x
Subject(s) - chloride , infiltration (hvac) , saturation (graph theory) , soil water , chemistry , water content , soil science , water flow , mineralogy , geology , materials science , geotechnical engineering , composite material , mathematics , organic chemistry , combinatorics
Abstract Displacement of chloride during infiltration was studied using soil columns for two cases: chloride initially spread on the soil surface; and chloride initially mixed with the soil. Chloride was applied as CaCl 2 labeled with 36 Cl. Its activity in counts per minute was scanned with a GM counter along a 2.5‐cm wide window slit in the columns. In conjunction with the chloride activity measurement, gamma‐ray attenuation measurement was used for monitoring the water content distribution during the simultaneous flow of chloride and water. Treatments included different levels of initial soil water content and different levels of water saturation at the soil surface during infiltration. With a numerical method the equations describing vertical water flow and miscible displacement of chloride were solved simultaneously. Experimental and calculated chloride distributions were in agreement. Chloride apparent diffusion coefficients estimated for pore water velocities less than 0.01 cm min ‐1 were nearly equal to that for moleculer diffusion only. Initial soil water content did not influence the depth of chloride displacement for a given quantity of water infiltrated; whereas, keeping the water content at the soil surface below saturation resulted in a deeper and more complete displacement of chloride.