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After following many false leads, they synthesized a material (which they named Krilium) that has an extraordinary effect on sticky clay soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Soil Saver | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

Clinging Threads. When Krilium is mixed with sticky mud, its long threadlike molecules cling to the bits of clay, binding them strongly together. The mud turns into a mass of spongy crumbs. It takes very little Krilium to do the trick. In some cases, .02% is enough to turn a problem soil into a tractable one. One treatment lasts for at least 2½ years (the age of the oldest test plots), probably much longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Soil Saver | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

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