Stabilization of a Clayey Soil with Ladle Metallurgy Furnace Slag Fines.

ABSTRACT: The research study described in this paper investigated the potential to use steel furnace slag (SFS) as a stabilizing additive for clayey soils. Even though SFS has limited applications in civil engineering infrastructure due to the formation of deleterious expansion in the presence of water, the free CaO and free MgO contents allow for the SFS to be a potentially suitable candidate for clayey soil stabilization and improvement. In this investigation, a kaolinite clay was stabilized with 10% and 15% ladle metallurgy furnace (LMF) slag fines by weight. This experimental study also included testing of the SFS mixtures with the activator calcium chloride (CaCl2), which was hypothesized to accelerate the hydration of the dicalcium silicate phase in the SFS, but the results show that the addit

SUBMITTER: Brand AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7579171 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature