Research Article
In Situ Determination of Thermal Resistivity of Soil: Case Study of Olorunsogo Power Plant, Southwestern Nigeria
Table 2
Physical properties of soil samples in the study area.
| Sample points | Optimum moisture content (%) | Porosity (%) | Degree of saturation (%) | Maximum dry density (Kg/m3) | Permeability (cm/s) | Specific gravity |
| 1 | 15.05 | 42.08 | 54.69 | 1850.10 | 0.0177 | 2.64 | 2 | 16.20 | 40.51 | 63.52 | 1920.25 | 0.0153 | 2.67 | 3 | 13.00 | 45.64 | 40.72 | 1800.25 | 0.0144 | 2.65 | 4 | 15.40 | 40.50 | 53.47 | 1840.25 | 0.0204 | 2.60 | 5 | 14.00 | 44.36 | 50.22 | 1725.05 | 0.0316 | 2.68 | 6 | 14.00 | 45.32 | 41.57 | 1930.00 | 0.0237 | 2.60 | 7 | 13.00 | 41.05 | 49.47 | 1880.20 | 0.0275 | 2.65 | 8 | 13.00 | 40.78 | 54.49 | 1810.00 | 0.0258 | 2.65 | 9 | 15.00 | 39.74 | 52.24 | 1890.02 | 0.0283 | 2.66 | 10 | 13.05 | 44.05 | 50.68 | 1910.02 | 0.0260 | 2.62 |
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