Accession Number:

ADA118486

Title:

Relationship between the Ice and Unfrozen Water Phases in Frozen Soil as Determined by Pulsed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Physical Desorption Data,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH

Personal Author(s):

• Tice,A. R.
• Oliphant,J. L.
• Nakano,Y.
• Jenkins,T. F.

Report Date:

1982-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

An experiment is described that demonstrates the balance between the ice and the unfrozen water in a frozen soil as water is removed. Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR is used to monitor the unfrozen water content as the soil is dehydrated by a molecular sieve material. Our results show that the unfrozen water content of a Morin clay soil remains constant until the total water content has been reduced to the point where no ice remains in the system. Once the ice is depleted, the unfrozen water content determined by NMR corresponds to the total water content of the soil determined by the weight of water removed by the molecular sieve material. Thus the validity of utilizing NMR in determining unfrozen water contents vs temperature is established. Author

Descriptors:

• *Soils
• *Ice
• *Water
• *Nuclear magnetic resonance
• Monitors
• Pulses
• Desorption
• Molecular sieves
• Construction
• Cold regions

Subject Categories:

• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE