POROSITY, EFFECTIVE


Meaning of POROSITY, EFFECTIVE in English

The amount of interconnected pore space in a material available for fluid transmission; expressed as a percentage of the total volume occupied by the interconnecting interstices. Porosity may be primary, formed during deposition or cementation of the material, or secondary, formed after deposition or cementation, such as fractures.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.