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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.
POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY. Pore spaces are important because they can hold oil and gas, water for water supplies and deposits of hydrothermal minerals. The amount of pore space in a rock is called its. porosity.Volume of pore space. Porosity = ----------------------------------- x 100.Total volume of rock.lay in particular loses porosity through this process, whilst sandstone often lose porosity as calcite and silica minerals grow in the pore spaces. Permeability. is the measure of the ease with which fluids can pass through rocks.