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A plasticity chart as an aid to the identification and assessment of industrial clays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

J. A. Bain
J. A. Bain*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, 64-78 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1
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Abstract

The plastic properties of clays are sufficiently variable to offer a simple but practical aid to identification. This can be done by using their Atterberg 'plastic limit' and 'plasticity index' values as parameters for an identification chart. The advantages and disadvantages of the technique are discussed, and results for a wide variety of clay minerals, particularly industrial clay types, are illustrated. A brief summary is also given of the effect of non-clay impurities, and reference is made to the correlation of Atterberg limit values with other physical properties of clays.

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , July 1971 , pp. 1 - 17
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1971

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