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Advances in Civil EngineeringThe determination and evaluation of severity rating of soil is an important part of the research on the engineering properties of water-repellent soil. It is still difficult to accurately obtain the soil water-repelling rate in essence, and there are a ...
Chen Yu +4 more
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Fire-induced changes in soil properties depend on age and type of forests
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2022 Wildfires affect different physical, chemical, and hydraulic soil properties, and the magnitude of their effects varies depending on intrinsic soil properties and wildfire characteristics.
Hološ Slavomír +4 more
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Time-dependent hydrophobic characterisation of granular materials synthesised with commercial chemical agents [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The impact of hydrophobicity on unsaturated granular materials is important because suction is a function of the degree of saturation as well as the surface tension and contact angle of the water menisci.
Saulick Yunesh +2 more
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Energies, 2023 Wood bark is a by-product of the forestry industry with significant quantitative potential. Due to the higher heating value and hydrophobic character (dictated by the content of hydrophobic extracts in the chemical composition of the bark) facilitating ...
Łukasz Sobol +2 more
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Finer Measurement Scales for Induced Hydrophobicity Using the Water Droplet Penetration Test
GeotechnicsThe Water Droplet Penetration Test (WDPT) is commonly used in most soil water repellency (SWR) research and is particularly prominent in field studies after wildfire events.
Max Veneris, Arvin Farid
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Dynamic contact angle as a new metric for the water repellency evaluation of biochar-amended soil
BiocharBiochar hydrophobicity is crucial for understanding its interaction with environmental substances (e.g., soil, water, pollutants). Contact angle (CA) and water droplet penetration time (WDPT) are commonly used methods for assessing biochar hydrophobicity.
Wei Jing +7 more
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Post‐application irrigation effect on surfactant efficacy applied to a sand‐based putting green
Agrosystems, Geosciences & EnvironmentSoil surfactants are applied to recreational turfgrass areas like golf course putting greens to help improve water infiltration, distribution, and uniformity.
Jada S. Powlen, Cale A. Bigelow
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Fire, 2023 The Caldor fire burned ~222,000 acres of the Eastern Sierra Nevada during summer–fall 2021. We evaluated the effects of this “megafire” on the physical properties of a sandy soil developed from glacial tills to document fire-induced soil modifications in
Brad Sion +5 more
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The Film-Forming Characterization and Structural Analysis of Pectin from Sunflower Heads
International Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 A natural low-methoxyl pectin (termed AHP, DM=25.9%) was extracted from dried heads of sunflower and showed better film-forming performance blended with hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC).
Xiaoxia Peng +5 more
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Soil SystemsThis study aims to understand the effects of wildfires in sagebrush ecosystem on soil properties by examining connections between Soil Water Repellency (SWR), reflectance, and chemistry.
Yasaman Raeofy +11 more
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