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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...
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...