New method to determine the true water content of organic soils

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-369

  O'Kelly, Brendan C ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drying temperature; Organic soil; Oven drying; Water content determination

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DRYING; MATERIALS BALANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; POROSITY; SOIL TESTING; SOLIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

DRY MASS; DRYING TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC SOILS; OVEN DRYING; WATER CONTENT; WATER CONTENT DETERMINATION;

SOILS;

EID: 18844426681     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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