Effect of Alkali Pollutant in Influencing Crack Propagation in Soils

Figure 1

Different stages of water loss cracking of clay with sodium carbonate: (a) 0 mol/L. (b) 0.1 mol/L. (c) 0.2 mol/L. (d) 0.3 mol/L. (e) 0.4 mol/L.

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