Abstract
WHEN columns of a commercial kaolin (‘Supreme Kaolin') of uniform moisture content are placed in sealed, vertical tubes, along which a constant temperature gradient is maintained, and having a reservoir of water at constant temperature at thsir lower, cool ends out of contact with the clay, ‘stepped' moisture distribution curves of the type shown in the accompanying diagram are obtained, the step moving progressively, but with decreasing velocity, towards the cool end of the tube with increasing time.
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Schofield, R. K., Nature, 160 408 (1947).
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VASSILIOU, B., WHITE, J. Relationships of Vapour Pressure, Capillarity and Temperature in Clays. Nature 161, 487–488 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161487a0
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