Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netM to Soil Science @slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agoLook at that prismatic structure in the B!slrpnk.netimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11
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minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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.
minus-squarectenidium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAh, yes texture triangle! Thank you for all the details. You seen to know your soils!
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI would hope so! I hold a M.Sc. in soils and did 10 years of soil surveying
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.
Ah, yes texture triangle! Thank you for all the details. You seen to know your soils!
I would hope so! I hold a M.Sc. in soils and did 10 years of soil surveying