Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netM to Soil Science @slrpnk.netEnglish · 19 hours agoLook at that prismatic structure in the B!slrpnk.netimagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down11
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minus-squarectenidium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoThank you very much for this elaborate explanation! I was even aware of that clay part, since I know the grain size distribution “triangle”? I don’t know, what this could be in English.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoYou’re referring to the texture triangle. But yes, all textures are just different ratios of the size fractions (sand 2 mm to 0.05 mm, silt 0.05 mm to 0.002 mm, clay <0.002 mm). Not all clays will swell - kaolinite is a 1:1 clay for instance but 2:1 clays like montmorillonite will hydrate and swell to a greater degree.
Thank you very much for this elaborate explanation! I was even aware of that clay part, since I know the grain size distribution “triangle”? I don’t know, what this could be in English.
You’re referring to the texture triangle.
But yes, all textures are just different ratios of the size fractions (sand 2 mm to 0.05 mm, silt 0.05 mm to 0.002 mm, clay <0.002 mm).
Not all clays will swell - kaolinite is a 1:1 clay for instance but 2:1 clays like montmorillonite will hydrate and swell to a greater degree.