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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.
Sometimes permeability to gases can be somewhat different that those for liquids in the same media. One difference is attributable to slippage of gas at the interface with the solid when the gas mean free path is comparable to the pore size (about 0.01 to 0.1 Î¼m at standard temperature and pressure).