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Liquid limit and dye adsorption

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

P. E. Fairbairn  and
Robert H. S. Robertson
P. E. Fairbairn
Affiliation:
4 Queen's Gate Place, London
Robert H. S. Robertson
Affiliation:
16 Kirklee Road, Glasgow
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Abstract

Cation exchange capacity (c.e.c.) determined by methylene blue can be regarded as a useful soil mechanical test in its own right. When a large number of liquid limit (LL) tests have to be done to determine variation in clays of the same general type, as on an engineering site, economy of operation could be achieved by carrying out many c.e.c. tests and few LL tests. It is only when comparing clays of widely different types that correlation is poor.

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 3 , Issue 17 , August 1957 , pp. 129 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1957

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