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Soil Consistence: Effect of Particle Size
Author(s) -
Ibanga Iniobong J.,
Bidwell Orville W.,
Powers William L.,
Feyerherm Arlin M.,
Williams Wayne W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1980.03615995004400050049x
Subject(s) - silt , soil water , particle size , clay soil , geology , soil science , geotechnical engineering , mineralogy , volume (thermodynamics) , particle (ecology) , grain size , environmental science , geomorphology , physics , paleontology , oceanography , quantum mechanics
Briquets composed of sand (0.05–2.00 mm) silt (0.002–0.05 mm), and clay (<0.002 mm) mixtures were hardest when dominantly clay and/or sand and softest or least hard when dominantly silt. Where soils had equal amounts of clay, those with highest amounts of sand, with one exception, were the hardest. Low surface area of sand requires much less clay “mortar” to cement the fewer sand grains per given volume than do the more numerous, smaller silt particles.