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Porosity and Permeability Lab. The terms porosity and permeability are related. ï· porosity â the amount of empty space in a rock or other earth substance; this empty. space is known as pore space. Porosity is how much water a substance can hold. Porosity is usually stated as a percentage of the materialâs total volume. ï· permeability â is how well water flows through rock or other earth substance.
Register to Answer this Question. 1  Porosity : is the ratio between the volumes of the pores of the rock and the total volume of the rock. 2  or. 3  It is a percentage of pore spaces of a rock to the total volume of the rock. 4  Effective porosity : is the ratio of the volume of the pores which are interconnected in the rock to the total volume of this rock.