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New Paper Alert – Role of Nano- and Crystalline Silica to Accelerate Chemical Treatment of Problematic Soil

Posted on April 24, 2023 by amitgajurel

Recently published in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering/ Volume 149 Issue 7 – July 2023  on a research study that was conducted to accelerate engineering property improvements by using novel silica-based coadditives along with a traditional calcium (Ca)-based stabilizer. Silica-based compounds, crystalline-silica (CS) rich waste product, and laboratory-grade nanosilica (NS) were used as coadditives with dolomitic hydrated lime to treat problematic expansive soil to study their efficacy in accelerating improvements in various engineering characteristics.Test results indicated that treatment with hydrated lime and both silica-based coadditives is effective in stabilizing problematics soil as compared with lime treatment alone. Among the two silica-based coadditives, NS treatment provided comparatively higher accelerated improvements in the soil properties after seven days of curing than CS treatment. Mineralogical studies revealed that NS is more reactive than CS as a coadditive; hence, NS has been effective in providing equivalent long-term engineering strength gains while reducing swelling- and shrinkage-related volume-change properties in a relatively short time period.

For more details please follow the link

https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-10999

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