Termék részletező

Tenziométer

Gyártó: Ahlborn
Katalógus

• Measurement of soil moisture through the identification of suction pressure. The suction pressure is the force with which water is being held in the soil or is available for absorption. 
• This is the force that must be produced by the plant roots in order for water to be absorbed.
• The porous, clay tip of the tensiometer transfers water from within to the drier outer surroundings by means of capillarity, thereby, creating a sub-pressure within the sealed tensiometer tube. This sub-pressure is a measure of the moisture level and can be determined as a value or used directly to activate an electrical switch. The customary unit of measurement is hPa.
• However, a tensiometer also functions in dry air as long as evaporation can take place over the porous, clay chamber. 
• Therefore, moisture levels can be measured even in coarse-grained or very loose substrate.
• Suction pressure measurements are largely independent of the salt concentration of the substrate or soil.