English Abstract The performance characteristics of a pore water press
to isolate pore water from soil samples, have been determined using peat,
clay and sandy soil samples. At the same time pore water has been isolated
from the same type of samples using a centrifugal filtration method. The
results of both methods have been compared. Under the experimental
conditions adopted, the amounts of pore water produced appeared to be larger
by pressing in the case of peat and clay soil samples, whereas from the
sandy soil samples, no pore water could be isolated by the pressing method
and a relatively large amount by the centifuge method.
