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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.
Ability to allow the movement of some substances but not of others, particularly across membranes. Generally permeability is determined by a molecule's size as well as specific chemistry. Lipid bilayers tend to be permeable to small, nonpolar substances while impermeable to large, polar substances. Figure legend: The selective permeability of a lipid bilayer, one unadorned with transport proteins.