Barney, Syed Ishratali2014-03-142014-03-141962etd-11162012-120327http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45765The fact that when lime is added to clayey soils same very beneficial results are produced dates back into the remote past. It is not a new development, In the United States lime has been in use since l923. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of increasing soaking time of soil-lime mixtures on the strength, swell potential, and degree of saturation. In order to ascertain the exact composition of clay minerals, X-ray diffraction analysis was run on the soil sample. The analysis showed that the clayey soil contained a large amount of water with a greater percentage of halloysite minerals. The soil, it was concluded, was poorly crystalline and was found to be midway between montmorillonite and kaolinite group.54 leavesapplication/pdfenIn Copyrightsoil amendmentsLD5655.V855 1962.B376Clay soils -- VirginiaLiming of soils -- VirginiaSoil conditioners -- ResearchSoil stabilization -- VirginiaThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11162012-120327/