Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2016, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (8): 1617-1624.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2016.08.019

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Quantifying the Effect of the Addition Amount of Clay on the Compressive Characteristics of Different Organic Carbon Contents in Black Soil

CHAI Xin, AN Jing, ZHANG Yu-long, ZOU Hong-tao, YU Na, FAN Qing-feng   

  1. College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University/Soil Fertilizer Resources Utilization National Engineering Laboratory/Key Laboratory of Cultivated Land Conservation in Northeast, Ministry of Agriculture, Shenyang 110866
  • Received:2015-09-16 Online:2016-04-16 Published:2016-04-16

Abstract: 【Objective】The compaction of cultivated soils by agricultural machines considerably affects both the structure and physical properties of soil, and thus can have major impacts on crop production and the environment. The objective of this study is to explore the effect of the addition amount of clay on the compressive characteristics of different organic carbon contents in black soil.【Method】Different amounts of clay (0, 10%, 20%, 40% denoted as C0, C1, C2 and C3) were added to three different amounts of total organic carbon (TOC) of black soil (M0, M1, M2) in order to prepare soil samples (M0C0, M0C1, M0C2, M0C3, M1C0, M1C1, M1C2, M1C3, M2C0, M2C1, M2C2, M2C3). The soil moisture content was adjusted to 20% and bulk density 1.1 g·cm-³. Then performing uniaxial compression tests were made indoor and the pre-compression stress values (σp) and compression index (Cc) were determined.【Result】The higher the TOC was, the higher the slope of the plastic part of the compression curve, when soils were at the same clay condition, with the increase of TOC, soil void increased when the same pressure was applied. The amount of added clay, TOC and the interaction between them all had a significant effect on both σp and Cc (P<0.05). The amount of added clay and TOC both had a significant positive correlation with σp of black soil, and the amount of added clay had no significant positive correlation with the Cc, while the correlation between TOC and Cc was not obvious.【Conclusion】With the increase of the amount of organic carbon content and clay, pre-compression stress of black soil increased. The more organic carbon content and clay is, the higher Cc will be, the easier the deformation will be after compression.

Key words: organic matter, clay, compression curve, pre-compression stress, compression index

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