Organic clay

Organic clay

Organic Clay is the clay formed from completely decomposed living organisms, plants and animals.It has sufficient organic content to influence the soil properties. For classification, an organic clay is a soil that wouldbe classified as a clay, except that its liquid limit value after oven drying is less than 75% of its liquid limit value beforeoven drying.It has applications in nanocomposite-related acid treatments and beauty parlors. Dubious|date=March 2008


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