Soil cement

[goshawk at gnat.net]

Wouldn't the percentage be dependent upon what the usage was going to 
be?

Pat  (Mauk, Ga)

> Date:          Thu, 01 May 1997 15:19:53 +1200
> To:            coblist at deatech.com
> From:          Andrew Alcorn <aalcorn at arch.vuw.ac.nz>
> Subject:       Re: Soil cement
> Reply-to:      coblist

> At 18:50 28/04/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >Soil cement is a mixture of soil (low in organic)
> >and Portland Cement--10% or greater.
> 
> If its less than 10% is it still soil cement?
> I've always thought soil cement was any soil with cement as a stabiliser -
> at whatever ratio. Frequently it *will* be used at less than 10% - say 7%.
> You have to do tests with *your* soil to find out the optimum ratio.
> 
> 
> Andrew Alcorn 
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