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      <title>DISCUSSION OF CALIBRATION ON NUCLEAR METERS FOR MEASURING MOISTURE AND DENSITY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The calibration is outlined, of a scintillation-type neutron-moisture meter designed to avoid materials containing neutron absorbers.  Artificial materials such as bentonite, silica sand, and sodium metaphosphate were used to adjust densities; water and sugar were added to provide the moderation component.  When the calibration curve was used to predict the water content in a marine clay, a serious discrepancy was found amounting to 6 lb of water per cu ft.  A new calibration curve was then determined for the marine clay (illustrated).  Subsequent chemical analysis showed that this particular soil contained about 1 percent potassium and 7 percent iron (by weight) which accounted for an 11 percent reduction in thermal neutron activity by absorption.  One must, therefore, understand the factors that affect calibration, and the feasibility is questioned of using one calibration for all soils.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 1975 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DISCUSSION OF SHEAR STRENGTH DETERMINATION OF SOFT CLAYEY SOIL BY FIELD LABORATORY METHODS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In reply to the discusser, the author observes that the average failure strain differed between the foil specimens and push tube specimens with depth.  At the shallow depths, the failure strain of the foil specimens was only slightly less than the push-tube specimens.  However, the failure strain for the foil specimens continued to be less with depth until it became about 50 percent of the value obtained from the push-tube specimens at the greatest depth sampled. The effective stresses were not increased by an increase in confining pressure.]]></description>
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