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  2. Physical properties of soil - Wikipedia

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    Soil texture is determined by the relative proportion of the three kinds of soil mineral particles, called soil separates: sand, silt, and clay. At the next larger scale, soil structures called peds or more commonly soil aggregates are created from the soil separates when iron oxides , carbonates , clay, silica and humus , coat particles and ...

  3. Polymer soil stabilization - Wikipedia

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    Polymers have only weak interactions with the large sand- and silt-sized particles of soil, while they bond directly to finer clays. [1] Although polymers mainly interact with the clay fraction of soils, they do change the properties of sandy soils to a lesser degree. [2] Polymer structure dictates how they will interact with clay particles.

  4. Soil stabilization - Wikipedia

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    Soil stabilization is a general term for any physical, chemical, mechanical, biological, or combined method of changing a natural soil to meet an engineering purpose. [1] Improvements include increasing the weight-bearing capabilities, tensile strength, and overall performance of unstable subsoils , sands, and waste materials in order to ...

  5. Soil aggregate stability - Wikipedia

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    Soil sieve nests with dry soil aggregates after removal from a laboratory drying oven. Soil aggregate stability is a measure of the ability of soil aggregates—soil particles that bind together—to resist breaking apart when exposed to external forces such as water erosion and wind erosion, shrinking and swelling processes, and tillage.

  6. Permeability of soils - Wikipedia

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    For a given soil, the greater the void ratio, the higher the value of the coefficient of permeability. Here 'e' is the void ratio. Based on other concepts it has been established that the permeability of a soil varies as e 2 or e 3 /(1+e). Whatever may be the exact relationship, all soils have e versus log k plot as a straight line. [2]

  7. Water retention curve - Wikipedia

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    In 1907, Edgar Buckingham created the first water retention curve. [2] It was measured and made for six soils varying in texture from sand to clay. The data came from experiments made on soil columns 48 inch tall, where a constant water level maintained about 2 inches above the bottom through periodic addition of water from a side tube.

  8. Sand equivalent test - Wikipedia

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    The sand equivalent test quantifies the relative abundance of sand versus clay in soil. It is measured by standardized test methods such as ASTM D2419, AASHTO T176, and EN 933–8. [1] The test is used to qualify aggregates for applications where sand is desirable but fines and dust are not.

  9. Soil - Wikipedia

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    If the soil is too high in clay or salts (e.g. saline sodic soil), adding gypsum, washed river sand and organic matter (e.g.municipal solid waste) will balance the composition. [248] Adding organic matter, like ramial chipped wood or compost, to soil which is depleted in nutrients and too high in sand will boost its quality and improve production.