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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 permeability and porosity of a rock are the result of both depositional and diagenetic factors (Fig. 2) that combine to produce a unique set of pore space geometries as the rock is formed. Consequently, the heavy line in Fig. 2 represents only one of many possible evolutionary paths in log(k)-Ï space.