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Bulk density


Weight per unit volume. For fuels, this is usually expressed as pounds per cubic foot; for soils, grams per cubic centimeter. see also: Compactness
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The weight per unit of volume of nondisturbed soil that has been completely dried, commonly expressed as grams per cubic centimeter (g/cc); a means of characterizing the amount of macropores and compa [..]
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The dry mass of soil per unit bulk volume of soil. Expressed as kg/m-3 or g/cm3.
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The ratio of the weight of a material to its over-all volume (including any inherent porosity).
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The density of soil, i.e., the weight of soil divided by its volume. The BD of agricultural soils normally ranges from 1.0 to 1.6 g/cm3.
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The mass required to occupy a specific unit of volume.
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Weight of a unit of a material, in powdered or granular form, including voids (air) inherent in the material.
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The mass of powder in a unit volume. Note this is not the true density of the substance, which is the mass per unit volume in a single crystal.
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the mass of a unit volume of soil, generally expressed in gm/cm3. The volume includes both solids and pores. Thus soils that are light and porous will have low bulk densities, while heavy or compact soils will have high bulk densities.
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Bulk density may be described as the mass per unit volume of a material, which includes both internal voids and those between constituent particles. A material’s bulk density is an important physical property used by engineers when designing plant and may be described as “free flowing” or non compacted and as “tapped” or compacted.
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Bulk density


The mass of a particulate material (including voids) in a unit volume
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Bulk density


The mass of soil per unit volume.  A measure of the ratio of pore space to solid materials in a given soil.  Expressed in units of grams per cubic centimeter of oven dry soil.
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