Calculate the percent porosity of a series of rocks having spherical grains of radii 1, 2-, 4-, 8-, and 16-mm. The rock is a cube with a side (L) measuring 63 mm. Rock Sediments Side, mm Volume, mm³ Radius , mm Volume, mm³ No. of sediments in rock Total volume, mm³ Pore Volume, mm³ Porosity, % 1 2 4 8 16 Does the porosity change? Why?
Calculate the percent porosity of a series of rocks having spherical grains of radii 1, 2-, 4-, 8-, and 16-mm. The rock is a cube with a side (L) measuring 63 mm. Rock Sediments Side, mm Volume, mm³ Radius , mm Volume, mm³ No. of sediments in rock Total volume, mm³ Pore Volume, mm³ Porosity, % 1 2 4 8 16 Does the porosity change? Why?
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![Calculate the percent porosity of a series of rocks having spherical grains of radii 1, 2-, 4-,
8-, and 16-mm. The rock is a cube with a side (L) measuring 63 mm.
Rock
Sediments
Side,
mm
Volume,
mm³
Radius
, mm
Volume,
mm³
No. of
sediments in
rock
Total
volume, mm³
Pore
Volume,
mm³
Porosity,
%
1
2
4
8
16
Does the porosity change? Why?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F92d85fb8-e501-49e2-93a8-6b44f5215645%2Fdd5db1a2-a48c-4d39-b3bf-b949a2f26598%2Frjiwisd_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Calculate the percent porosity of a series of rocks having spherical grains of radii 1, 2-, 4-,
8-, and 16-mm. The rock is a cube with a side (L) measuring 63 mm.
Rock
Sediments
Side,
mm
Volume,
mm³
Radius
, mm
Volume,
mm³
No. of
sediments in
rock
Total
volume, mm³
Pore
Volume,
mm³
Porosity,
%
1
2
4
8
16
Does the porosity change? Why?
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