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The moisture equivalent of heavy soils. II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. F Joseph
A. F Joseph
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(Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Khartoum.)
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1. The moisture equivalent of pure clay preparations varies with (a) the chemical composition, (b) the method of separation if centrifuged, (c) the replaceable bases.

2. The imbibitional water content also shows a close connection with the above variables.

3. Good additive relationships can only be obtained from series of soils of the same nature and in some cases, if taken at the same depth. This is, at any rate in part, due to differences existing in composition and properties between clay separated from soils and subsoils.

4. Pure silt fractions from different soils showed marked differences in their chemical composition and moisture equivalent.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1927 , pp. 12 - 20
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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