Abstract
A laboratory study was made to across the effectiveness of cement and lime as stabilizers to control soil erosion. It was concluded that day soil can be effectively rendered resistant to soil erosion caused by rain drop impact by treating even with as low as 196 Portland cement or hydrated lime.
INTRODUCTION
The amount of soil erosion caused when rain falls on farm land depends upon three factors:
(1) The nature of rain 0i) The way the land is being cultivated WO The kind of soil
The ability of rain to cause erosion is called the 'erosivity'. Naturally, the greater the amount of rain, the greater is its power to damage the soil, but the kind of rainfall also makes a difference. In fact the erosivity depends on the kinetic energy of the rain. Kinetic energy is the energy possessed by any moving body.
