State the factors affecting permeability.
Followings are the factors which affect permeability:
1. Particle Size or diameter of soil particle
2. Impurities in water
3. Void ratio
4. Degree of Saturation
5. Adsorbed water
6. Entrapped air and organic matter
7. Stratification of soil layer
8. Properties of pore fluid i.e. viscosity and temperature
9. Shape of particle