Table 1 Physical properties of commercial clays, sand, natural soil and extracted silt used in the present study.
From: Influence of soil structure and clay mineralogy on Atterberg limits
Sl. no. | Soil | Gs | wL (%) | wP (%) | wS (%) | Ip (%) | FSR | Grain size distribution | Clay mineralogy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sand (%) | Silt (size) (%) | Clay (size) (%) | |||||||||
1 | Kaolinite | 2.52 | 44.2 | NP | 32.4 | – | 0.54 | – | 80 | 20 | K#, Q |
2 | Bentonite | 2.65 | 401.7 | 67.9 | 9.5 | 333.8 | 15.90 | – | 17 | 83 | Mo |
3 | Sand | 2.75 | – | – | – | – | – | 100 | – | – | – |
4 | Natural soil | 2.44 | 53.14 | NP | 21.3 | – | 1.07 | 50 | 28 | 22 | K, Mu |
5 | Extracted silt | 2.44 | 75.06 | NP | 37.4 | – | 1.02 | – | 88 | 12 | K, Mu |
