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Plastometric studies of soil and clay pastes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

B. A. Keen  and
G. W. Scott Blair
B. A. Keen
Affiliation:
(Soil Physics Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden)
G. W. Scott Blair
Affiliation:
(Soil Physics Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden)
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The laboratory study of the physical properties of soil and clays can conveniently be divided into three stages:

(a) Moisture content comparable to that under field conditions.

(b) Thick pastes.

(c) Weak suspensions.

The use of the plastometer for experimental work on intermediate stage is described and recent developments of the theory of the flow for thick pastes under stress are outlined. It is shown that certain constants defining the material can be obtained from the experimental data. The two to which special attention is given are the pseudo-viscosity (a quantity analogous to the viscosity of true fluids) and the static rigidity (which represents the energy required just to cause the paste to flow and a measure of the solid cohesive properties of the system). The latter quantity is related to other physical measurements made under very different experimental conditions, e.g. the resistance of the soil to the passage of cultivation implements; the effect of chalk, etc., on the soil resistance; the moisture content at which a well-kneaded mass of soil is about to become sticky.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1929 , pp. 684 - 700
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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