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Fat Clay Vs Lean Clay. Helsinki Fat Clay YouTube Lean clay contains minerals that absorb small amounts of water and experience small volume changes when wet Sort by date Sort by votes Dec 2, 2001 #2 bb29510 Geotechnical

lean clay organic: OL organic silt, organic clay: silt and clay liquid limit ≥ 50 inorganic MH elastic silt CH fat clay organic OH organic clay, organic silt Highly organic soils PT peat: ASTM D-2487 If you keep adding water and its still like play-doh, its a fat clay

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That's not totally correct, but it should be enough for you to make a classification in the field. It is difficult to work when damp, but strong when dry Finally, the difference between a lean and fat clay tends to be from how workable it is when you add water

Changes in the share of clay, silt and sand fraction (left) and the... Download Scientific Diagram. Sort by date Sort by votes Dec 2, 2001 #2 bb29510 Geotechnical Criteria for Assigning Group Symbols and Group Names Using Laboratory Tests

types of clay for pottery Clay Comparison and useful tips/art and craft/which clay to use. It may be easier to think of a silt as no plasticity, elastic silt with a little bit of plasticity, lean clay with more plasticity, and finally a fat clay with lots of plasticity How do I recognize a fat clay vs a lean clay in the field (while logging the boreholes) without doing any LL tests on it? Also, any tips to distinguish clay from silt? Replies continue below Recommended for you