USE OF CALIFORNIUM-252 IN LABORATORY TESTING FOR MOISTURE AND DENSITY OF SOILS

The U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station is currently investigating the use of the radioisotope californium-252 for detailed soil investigations. This report, on Phase I of the investigation, is concerned primarily with determination of moisture and, to a limited extent, density. A major portion of the study was devoted to quantifying moisture and density along thin, discrete soil layers in unopened 2.875-in. diam steel-encased soil cores. Both gaging and film imagery methods were evaluated for their applicability in the detailed soil studies.

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station

  Soils and Pavement Laboratory
  Vicksburg, MS  United States  39180
• Authors:
  • LEWIS, J T
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Measuring instruments; Measuring methods; Nuclear tests; Radioisotopes; Soil densification; Soil tests; Soil water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Gaging
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149926
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Misc. Paper S-76-18, Final Report
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM