Volume Fraction of Solids
Thermal Cond. Of Solids (W/(mK)
Soil Temperature (C)
Soil Texture
Plot Type
Plot vs

Soil thermal conductivity computed from the model of: Campbell, G. S., J. D. Jungbauer, Jr., W. R. Bidlake and R. D. Hungerford. 1994. Predicting the effect of temperature on soil thermal conductivity. Soil Science 158:307-313

 

VWC [m3/m3] MWC [g/g] rho [cm C/W] k [W/(mK)]
0.000000 0.000 461.1 0.217
0.025000 0.019 433.4 0.231
0.050000 0.038 406.5 0.246
0.075000 0.057 376.0 0.266
0.100000 0.075 331.2 0.302
0.125000 0.094 269.7 0.371
0.150000 0.113 211.4 0.473
0.175000 0.132 171.0 0.585
0.200000 0.151 146.1 0.685
0.225000 0.170 130.8 0.764
0.250000 0.189 121.0 0.826
0.275000 0.208 114.3 0.875
0.300000 0.226 109.3 0.915
0.325000 0.245 105.2 0.950
0.350000 0.264 101.8 0.983
0.375000 0.283 98.6 1.014
0.400000 0.302 95.6 1.045
0.425000 0.321 92.8 1.077
0.450000 0.340 90.1 1.110
0.475000 0.358 87.5 1.143
0.500000 0.377 84.9 1.178