Table 2.

Test programmes in this study

Test nameRepresentative wi: %wi range: %ρdi range: Mg/m3No. of tests
Swelling pressure test (ps test)00·0–0·51·13–1·8828
77·0–7·41·07–1·8320
1817·4–18·01·11–1·8018
2020·2–20·51·12–1·7015
3333·3–35·8*1·10–1·398
X-ray diffraction testXRD test29·4–10320
XRD-ps test001·16–1·707
76·9–8·41·04–1·668
Compaction test (pc test)00·5–0·61·042
87·70·96–0·972
2019·3–21·40·66–0·722
2524·70·75–0·762

*wi = 35·8% should be overestimated; it would be close to 33% by reconfirmation (see Fig. 18 and Table 7 for details).

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