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Porosity and Permeability Lab. The terms porosity and permeability are related. ï· porosity â the amount of empty space in a rock or other earth substance; this empty. space is known as pore space. Porosity is how much water a substance can hold. Porosity is usually stated as a percentage of the materialâs total volume. ï· permeability â is how well water flows through rock or other earth substance.
The space between particles is called pore space. Pore space determines the amount of water that a given volume of soil can hold.Porosity refers to how many pores, or holes, a soil has.The porosity of a soil is expressed as a percentage of the total volume of the soil material. Porosity is an important measurement in areas where drinking water is provided by groundwater reserves.