Permeability (materials science)
Measure of the ability of a porous material to allow fluids to pass through it / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Permeability (electromagnetism).
Permeability in fluid mechanics, materials science and Earth sciences (commonly symbolized as k) is a measure of the ability of a porous material (often, a rock or an unconsolidated material) to allow fluids to pass through it.
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