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This paper summarizes a soil mechanics study of the clay-water system made with steady-state nuclear magnetic resonance as the analytical tool. Although the study was limited to measurements of the contribution of water-lattice strength to the shear strength of clay soils, the results demonstrate the utility of the techniques of radio-frequency spectroscopy in such investigations. The authors conclude that water-lattice strength is of negligible significance in determining the shear strength of wet clay soils.
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Pickett et al. (1959) studied this question.
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