Measuring diffusivity usually applies the Boltzmann transformation of λ vs. slope and area of soil volume wetness, θ, of experiment data to replace the differential and integral items in the diffusion equation (The equation is abbreviated). This study assumed that the relationship between the Boltzmann transform constant, λ, and the soil volume wetness, θ, has a conic section equation type (r=εD/(1-εcosθ) ellipse as ε<1.0, parabola as ε=1.0, and hyperbola as ε>1.0). Experiment data were used to fit the least squares method and solve the non-linear equations using the Gauss-Seidel method. The fitting results are of the hyperbola type (The equation is abbreviated). The differential and integral items were calculated and substituted into the diffusion equation to obtain the relationship of diffusivity and soil volume wetness (The equation is abbreviated), where (The equation is abbreviated). Diffusivity equations derived by this method are more complex than those using Gardner's method. However, it is an alternative for obtaining functional diffusivity equations based on soil physics.
Measuring diffusivity usually applies the Boltzmann transformation of λ vs. slope and area of soil volume wetness, θ, of experiment data to replace the differential and integral items in the diffusion equation (The equation is abbreviated). This study assumed that the relationship between the Boltzmann transform constant, λ, and the soil volume wetness, θ, has a conic section equation type (r=εD/(1-εcosθ) ellipse as ε<1.0, parabola as ε=1.0, and hyperbola as ε>1.0). Experiment data were used to fit the least squares method and solve the non-linear equations using the Gauss-Seidel method. The fitting results are of the hyperbola type (The equation is abbreviated). The differential and integral items were calculated and substituted into the diffusion equation to obtain the relationship of diffusivity and soil volume wetness (The equation is abbreviated), where (The equation is abbreviated). Diffusivity equations derived by this method are more complex than those using Gardner's method. However, it is an alternative for obtaining functional diffusivity equations based on soil physics.