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LARGE quantities of Portland cement are used annually for the stabilization of soils for roads, airfields, and other engineering works. While the improvement in engineering properties effected by cement treatment is believed due mainly to the hardening of cement, reactions between hydrating cement and clays leading to the formation of additional cementitious material have been suggested1.
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HERZOG, A., MITCHELL, J. X-ray Evidence for Cement-Clay Interaction. Nature 195, 989–990 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195989a0
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