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Stabilizing Experimentally Leached Soil Columns with Synthetic Resins

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EXPERIMENTALLY leached soil columns can be prepared for examination under the microscope by first stabilizing them with a polyester resin. To do this with least disturbance to phenomena developed in the columns, they ought to be kept wet during the whole process.

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WELLS, C. Stabilizing Experimentally Leached Soil Columns with Synthetic Resins. Nature 198, 916 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198916a0

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