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Effect of Metakaolin on the geotechnical properties of Expansive Soil | ||
| Journal of Engineering | ||
| Article 1, Volume 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 29-45 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mahmoud D. Ahmed; Nisreen A. Hamza | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Expansive soil spreads in Iraq and some countries of the world. But there are many problems can be occurred to the structures that built on, so we must study the characteristics of these soils due to the problems that may be caused to these structures which built on these kinds of soil and then study the methods of treatment. The present study focuses on improving the geotechnical properties of expansive soils by treating it Metakaolin(M). Metakaolin (M) has never been used before as an improvement material for stabilizing the expansive soil . Metakaolin is a pozzolanic material. It’s obtained by calcination of kaolinite clay at temperatures from 700°C to 800°C. Kaolin chemical composition is basically aluminous silicates hydrates associated with Mn, Fe, Ca, K, Na. Its crystal has a lattice structure of tetrahedral and octahedral layers with interplanar distance of 7.2 Å. The soil used in the present study can be classified according to the Unified Soil Classification System as clay with high plasticity (CH) . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| expansive soil; Improvement; Swelling; swelling pressure; Metakaolin | ||
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