How to Calculate Porosity?
Porosity calculator uses Porosity=(Total Volume of Soil or Rock Sample-Volume of Solids)/Total Volume of Soil or Rock Sample to calculate the Porosity, Porosity or Void Fraction is a measure of the void spaces in a material and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume between 0 and 1 or as a percentage between 0% and 100%. Porosity and is denoted by η symbol.
How to calculate Porosity using this online calculator? To use this online calculator for Porosity, enter Total Volume of Soil or Rock Sample (Vt) and Volume of Solids (Vs) and hit the calculate button. Here is how the Porosity calculation can be explained with given input values -> -0.5 = (10-15)/10.