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Dispersion studies on Gezira soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. N. Jewitt
T. N. Jewitt
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute, Wad Medani, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
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1. The degree of dispersion on shaking of the heavy clay Gezira soil has been studied in relation to its initial moisture content when it is added to the water. A minimum dispersibility was found at about 7% initial moisture content. Such behaviour is different from that found with certain English soils by Puri & Keen.

2. Spontaneous dispersion was studied using the same soil, and by this method it was found that the dispersion decreases with increasing moisture content over a range of zero to 9% moisture.

3. This relation between dispersion and water content is discussed in relation to possible effects in the field of practice. Attention is drawn to possible seasonal and daily differences in the effect of rainfall.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , October 1941 , pp. 466 - 478
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1941

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