Evaporation-Induced Water and Solute Coupled Transport in Saline Loess Columns in Closed and Open Systems

Table 1

Characteristic indexes for the tested loess.

Physical index	Value
Specific gravity,	2.70
Dry density, (g/cm^3)	1.42
Water content, (%)	15.02
Atterberg limits
Liquid limit, (%)	34.3
Plastic limit, (%)	19.6
Plasticity index,	14.7
Particle grading characteristics
>0.05 mm	5.0%
0.01-0.05 mm	52.0%
0.005-0.01 mm	24.0%
<0.005 mm	19.0%
Initial ion content	Value
Anion content (%)
	0.0000
	0.0028
	0.0038
	0.0080
Total	0.0146
Cation content (%)
	0.0013
	0.0020
	0.0062
	0.0011
Total	0.0106