“DETERMINATION

OF FIELD
CAPACITY OF SOIL”
NVSU
 Table of Contents

01 Introduction 04 Result

02 Materials 05 Conclusion

Methodology
03 06 References
INTRODUCTION
Field capacity is interchangeably used with the terms
the water holding capacity and water retention
capacity. Field capacity is the amount of soil
moisture or water content held in soil after excess
water has drained away and the rate of downward
movement has materially decreased, which usually
takes place within 2–3 days after a rain or
irrigation in pervious soils of uniform structure and
texture. . Field capacity is the amount of water that
remains in the soil after all the excess water at
saturation has been drained out.
 MATERIALS

DIGITAL TIN CAN OVEN SOIL SAMPLE

WEIGHING
SCALE
 METHODOLOG
Y

Select a Take soil weigh the Take the weigh the oven Compute the Data
representative samples samples dried samples
samples in the
spot in the
laboratory for
field
oven-drying
 RESULT
D A T A

Samples Can Fresh Oven-dry Diameter Height Samples Fresh weight Oven-dry MOISTURE VOLUME FIELD
weight weight weight – Can weight weight- Can CONTENT CAPACITY
weight

Can 1 209.7 g 178.4 g 17. 54 % 187. 53 16. 69 %

cm3
Can 1 24 g 233.7 g 202.4 g 5.3 cm 8.5 cm
Can 2 235. 5 g 196.2 g 20. 03 % 187. 53 20.96 %
Can 2 26.7 g 262.2 g 222.9 g 5.3 cm 8.5 cm cm3

Can 3 218. 1 g 176.8 g 23.30 % 191.94 21.52 %

Can 3 18.8 g 236.9 g 195.6 g 5.3 cm 8.7 cm
cm3
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CONCLUSION
The mass and moisture content of the sample soil was affected by the
temperature that the laboratory oven was producing where the mass of
the soil sample decreases to 31.3g in sample 1. The moisture content of
the soil sample also decreases the water content of the soil evaporated
as the temperature increases because of the heat produced by the
laboratory oven, the compactness of the soil was affected.
Thus based on the data gathered the field
capacity can be determined.
REFERENCES
R. Kumar Rai, et. al., 2017, Planning and Evaluation of Irrigation Projects, cited
from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978
0128117484000170

M.al-Kasi.2013, Soil and Management Factors Influence Seeding Depth,

retrieved from https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2013/02/s oil-
and-management-factors-influence-seeding-depth

Anonymous, (n.d), What is Soil. Retrieved from htt

ps://agriculture.vic.gov.au/farm- management/soil/what-is-soilpth
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