Research Article
Collapsibility of Gypseous Soil Treated with Pectin-Biopolymer through Leaching
Table 4
The chemical composition of soil before and after treatment.
| Soil type | | TDS (mg/ml) | CH (mg/ml) | Pectin (%) | Max | Min | Max | Min |
| 1 | 0 | 1050 | 630 | 0.115 | 0.073 | 0.5 | 920 | 529 | 0.092 | 0.065 | 1 | 840 | 344 | 0.087 | 0.038 | 2 | 680 | 320 | 0.08 | 0.025 |
| 2 | 0 | 1200 | 780 | 0.186 | 0.08 | 0.5 | 1130 | 810 | 0.12 | 0.071 | 1 | 1170 | 540 | 0.103 | 0.056 | 2 | 1050 | 540 | 0.098 | 0.05 |
| 3 | 0 | 2200 | 1030 | 0.365 | 0.26 | 0.5 | 2160 | 936 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 1 | 1412 | 578 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 2 | 1440 | 468 | 0.2 | 0.093 |
| 4 | 0 | 2500 | 1250 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.5 | 2520 | 1229 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 1 | 2052 | 684 | 0.34 | 0.2 | 2 | 1235 | 570 | 0.31 | 0.15 |
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