Table 2.

Engineering and geoenvironmental properties of clay soils.

Characteristics	Quantity measured
	Kaolin	Sepiolite	Bentonite
Soil classification	CH	CH	CH
Liquid Limit %	60.37	164.57	131.95
Plastic Limit %	25.93	92.5	42.86
Plastic Index	34.44	72.07	89.09
Gs	2.63	2.35	2.6
SSA (m2 g−1)	40	180	220
γdmax KN m−3	17.3	16.3	17.5
ωopt %	22	37.3	39