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The potential of lime‐stabilized murrain soil as a building material in Kenya

Increased cost of imported building materials have made it difficult to provide low cost durable housing in Kenya. Researchers are now finding ways of stabilizing soil to increase compressive strength and reduce linear shrinkage cracking

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Pages 288-295 | Published online: 08 May 2007

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