Experimental measurements of the water content of wet sand during freezing have been used to evaluate effective diffusivities for water migration in the vapor and liquid phases. The rate of migration and hence the moisture content of the frozen soil have been found to be much higher than expected.

Jai Prakash Gupta

Chemical Engineering

(SoE) School of Engineering

S.W. Churchill

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