Sentence examples for poor clay from inspiring English sources

It is this small dosage of Mt that can result in fast loss of fluidity of fresh concrete, being referred to as poor clay tolerance, which seriously restricts the application of polycarboxylate superplasticizer (PCE) in real concrete.

Such results suggest an effective method to hinder the intercalation of PCE into Mt layer, and the findings would be expected to provide guidance on improvement in poor clay tolerance of PCE in practical engineering.

The forest grew on the slope of a low hill; large boulders lay between the small thin birches, and the soil was infertile and poor — clay here, gray earth there — but the trees and grass had got used to these conditions, and they lived in this land as best they could.

A short CST time interval reflects a poor clay dispersibility.

One of the plants that have been studied extensively in our laboratory for its medicinal potentials is Dicranopteris linearis (L. (Gleicheniaceae), locally known as "resam", is common in secondary forests and grows well in poor clay soil [ 11].

Plants were planted in pots (one plant per pot) in sterilized soil (compost/sand mix at 1 1 ratio and in ɸ23 cm, 18 cm height pots; named as Trial I) or non-sterilized soil (nutrient poor clay soil in ɸ30 cm, 28 cm height pots; named as Trial II).

The PP/E43/clay system, as shown through XRD patterns and TEM observation, yielded the poorest clay dispersion among the compatibilizers under investigation.

On the basis of EDS analysis, we can classify the raw material as a Ca-poor clay.

Expeditions have discovered microbes in nutrient-poor clays and hard bedrock.

Iron-poor clays and certain mineral salts are other candidates, but none of those materials would likely sublime into space when lit by the sun.

In particular, during firing specific new minerals grow, depending on temperature and composition of clay (i.e., Ca-rich or Ca-poor clays).