site-driven Materials
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Emerald Bay Loamy Sand
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
24-1000-433-a
This soil was sampled at Victoria Recreation Club in Emerald Bay. Established in 1849, it is oldest recreational club in Hong Kong, with its Sai …
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TKO Clay 02/Bentonite (12:1) Pressed Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-m
This set of bricks were part of an experiment to determine the amount of bentonite (23-1000-349-e) to add to a clay-y soil (23-1000-349-d). This soil …
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TKO Clay 02/Bentonite (6:1) Pressed Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-l
This set of bricks were part of an experiment to determine the amount of bentonite (23-1000-349-e) to add to a clay-y soil (23-1000-349-d). This soil …
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TKO Clay 02/Bentonite (4:1) Pressed Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-k
This set of bricks were part of an experiment to determine the amount of bentonite (23-1000-349-e) to add to a clay-y soil (23-1000-349-d). This soil …
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TKO Clay 02/Bentonite (2:1) Pressed Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-j
This set of bricks were part of an experiment to determine the amount of bentonite (23-1000-349-e) to add to a clay-y soil (23-1000-349-d). This soil …
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Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank Compressed Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-349-f
This soil (23-1000-349-a) was designated as public fill within the Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank.
Basic on site testing determined that the clay …
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Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank Bentonite
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-e
Within Hong Kong bentonite is used as a coating or lubricant for large construction drilling. The bentonite is mixed with water and used to coat …
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Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank Clay 02
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Mineral / Mineral based
23-1000-349-d
This soil was designated as public fill within the Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank.
"...Construction and demolition (C & D) materials are a …
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Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank Loamy Sand
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-349-a
This soil was designated as public fill within the Tseung Kwan O Area 137 Fill Bank.
"...Construction and demolition (C & D) materials are a …
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Soil Trust Yuen Long Compost
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Plant / Plant based
23-1000-352-b
This compost sample is from Soil Trust's test plot in Yuen Long. It is a mixture of decaying organic matter, bokashi and soil that has …
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Soil Trust Yuen Long Clay Loam
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-352-a
This clay soil sample is from Soil Trust's test plot in Yuen Long. It has not been amended with bokashi, instead this soil was heavily …
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HKU East Entrance Clay Compressed Brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-351-c
This sample was collected from a dumpster outside of HKU's East Entrance. The soil/fill within the dumpster was a result of an adjacent construction site …
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HKU East Entrance Clay
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-1000-351-a
This sample was collected from a dumpster outside of HKU's East Entrance. The soil/fill within the dumpster was a result of an adjacent construction site …
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Tin Shui Wai Clay (secondary subsoil)
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-7182-332-d
Soil was collected from farmland in Tin Shui Wan. A farmer tried digging a 2-meter deep well and extracting the soil. The soil structure could …
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Tin Shui Wai Clay (SUBSOIL)
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
23-7182-332-c
Soil was collected from farmland in Tin Shui Wan. A farmer tried digging a 2-meter deep well and extracting the soil. The soil structure could …