Laboratory Investigation and Modelling of the Thermal-Mechanical Properties of Soil in Shallow Mineralized Groundwater Area

Table 3

The properties of reproduced specimens.

Salt type	Salt concentration (mol/kg)	Moisture content (%)	Dry density (g/cm^3)	Void ratio	Predicted thermal conductivity (W m^-1 K^-1)	Measured thermal conductivity (W m^-1 K^-1)
None	0	18.995	1.537	0.707	1.344	1.371
		21.173	1.556	0.686	1.420	1.435
		23.373	1.531	0.714	1.428	1.461
NaCl	1.5	19.429	1.563	0.678	1.398	1.410
		21.205	1.566	0.675	1.371	1.455
		23.038	1.553	0.689	1.376	1.475
	3	19.069	1.580	0.660	1.419	1.363
		20.975	1.587	0.653	1.370	1.417
		23.255	1.566	0.675	1.440	1.435
	4.5	18.733	1.590	0.650	1.373	1.326
		20.530	1.593	0.647	1.384	1.373
		23.014	1.568	0.673	1.353	1.390
	6	14.988	1.588	0.652	1.163	1.187
		17.154	1.653	0.587	1.358	1.343
		20.805	1.615	0.624	1.379	1.372
		22.832	1.565	0.676	1.322	1.339
CaCl2	1.5	18.285	1.627	0.613	1.430	1.431
		19.732	1.644	0.595	1.462	1.497
		22.073	1.598	0.641	1.413	1.478
	3	16.874	1.629	0.610	1.326	1.313
		19.502	1.644	0.595	1.377	1.404
		21.322	1.610	0.630	1.367	1.392
	4.5	15.748	1.645	0.594	1.211	1.238
		17.463	1.671	0.570	1.308	1.324
		19.191	1.660	0.580	1.316	1.350
		21.051	1.613	0.626	1.315	1.319
	6	13.236	1.620	0.619	1.134	1.086
		15.142	1.675	0.566	1.225	1.224
		17.156	1.702	0.541	1.327	1.323
		18.828	1.680	0.561	1.327	1.332
		21.198	1.633	0.607	1.297	1.313