Assessment of Suitability of Injana Formation Sandstone for Building and Railway Ballast Stone in Shirqat District Sallahaddin Government- Iraq

Essa Khder, Mohanad; Musa Rawe, Loay; Salah Khalaf, Hasnaa

doi:10.32894/kujss.2020.15.1.5

	Assessment of Suitability of Injana Formation Sandstone for Building and Railway Ballast Stone in Shirqat District Sallahaddin Government- Iraq
Kirkuk Journal of Science
Article 5, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 68-84 PDF (1.5 M)
DOI: 10.32894/kujss.2020.15.1.5
Authors
Mohanad Essa Khder¹; Loay Musa Rawe²; Hasnaa Salah Khalaf³
¹Natural resources research center, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq.
²College of Basic Education ALShirqat, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq.
³Technic institute, Northern technical university, Kirkuk, Iraq.
Abstract
This study aims the validity of INJANA sandstone formation rocks exposed in the Sallahaddin government / shirqat district for building purposes and railway ballast stone. The study including sampling from three stations and prepared samples for laboratory tests which revealed that values of unconfined compressive strength, flexural strength, density, absorption and mechanical absorption ranges between (7.97-12.28) MPa, (3.71-4.74) MPa, (1.75-1.82) gm/cm3 , (1.13-1.16) %, and (82.3-89.2) % , respectively.The geotechnical test shows that the sandstone rocks are not suitable for dimensions stone purposes expected station (1) according to (ASTM, C-568-99,2004) and not suitable for railway ballast stone purposes according to (O.R.B.D 1999 Raymond1979).
Keywords
Sandstone; injana formation; railway ballast stone

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