Efficiency comparison of mixture formulations in the stabilisation/solidification of the loess silt contaminated with zinc in terms of mechanical properties
Agnieszka Lal
a.lal@pollub.plDepartment of Building Materials Engineering and Geoengineering; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3557-6064
Joanna Fronczyk
Department of Revitalization and Architecture; Institute of Civil Engineering; Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5963-7813
Małgorzata Franus
Department of General Construction; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; University of Lublin University Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2317-4196
Abstract
The effectiveness of various types of binders in stabilizing/solidifying (S/S) contaminated soils is strongly dependent on the type of soil and contaminants present. The literature abounds with studies of stabilisation/solidification of clayey soils, which provides a background for initial assumptions in design of the method application for contamination of this type of soil. However, studies on the stabilisation/solidification of loess silt contaminated with heavy metals are not available. Filling this deficiency is important in order to ensure the rapid adoption of the most effective remedies in case of contamination and their immediate implementation in the subsoil. This paper has enabled the determination of the most effective mixture among the examined for the remediation of loess silt contaminated with zinc in terms of compressive strength. Strengths were determined with the implementation of 30% Portland cement (2.63 MPa), 30% of fly ash-cement mixture (2.21 MPa), an incinerated sewage sludge ash-cement mixture (0.93 MPa) and mixtures in which cement was replaced by an MgO activator (0.18 MPa for fly ash and 0.63 MPa for incinerated sewage sludge ash). In addition, the determination of strength was carried out for samples containing a mixture of fly ash, activator and cement (0.26 MPa) and incinerated sewage sludge ash, activator and cement (0.26 MPa), with weight ratios of 5:4:1 respectively. In summary, fly ash and cement in a 2:1 ratio can be considered the most effective binding mix in terms of unconfined compressive strength increase.
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Keywords:
loess silt, alternative binder, activator, unconfined compressive strengthReferences
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Authors
Agnieszka Lala.lal@pollub.pl
Department of Building Materials Engineering and Geoengineering; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3557-6064
Authors
Joanna FronczykDepartment of Revitalization and Architecture; Institute of Civil Engineering; Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5963-7813
Authors
Małgorzata FranusDepartment of General Construction; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; University of Lublin University Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2317-4196
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