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Alkaline swelling and consequences of alkalization of clayey bed soils

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Results of investigation of interaction between sodium hydroxide and a clayey soil are described, and the inadmissibility of the alkali used as a reagent for soil stabilization is demonstrated.

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 5, pp. 21–23, September–October, 2008.

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Mulyukov, È.I. Alkaline swelling and consequences of alkalization of clayey bed soils. Soil Mech Found Eng 45, 182–185 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-008-9026-8

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