Hi! I am doing saturation of ML soil with plasticity index=7. Size of the sample is 100 mm in diameter and 200 mm in height. The pore pressure (out) I am measuring is greater (sometimes more than 100% greater) than my applied back pressure at each increment of cell pressure and back pressure. Is...
Hi! If my clay is basically montmorillonite or illite clay, can I still use the standard 105 oC drying temperature for atterberg limits determination? Wouldn't this temeparature be too high such that montmorillonite/illite structure already breakdown?
Hi! I need about 80 kg of nonplastic silt for my laboratory research. Anybody knows of a company to contact, preferably in Germany or anywhere in Europe, or which can ship the sample to Germany?