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The specific surface, water affinity and potential expansiveness of clays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

C. M. A. De Bruyn ,
L. E. Collins  and
A. A. B. Williams
C. M. A. De Bruyn
Affiliation:
National Building Research Institute, Pretoria, S. Africa
L. E. Collins
Affiliation:
National Building Research Institute, Pretoria, S. Africa
A. A. B. Williams
Affiliation:
National Institute for Road Research, Pretoria, S. Africa
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Abstract

The mechanism whereby water is absorbed by soils and thereby causes expansion and “heave” is discussed. The dependence of expansiveness on occurrence of montmorillonitic and illitic clay types is shown. Rapid methods of analysis used, include a micro-desiccator method of deriving water vapour pressure isotherms and the technique of glycol retention.

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Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 3 , Issue 17 , August 1957 , pp. 120 - 128
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1957

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