FIELD STABILIZATION OF CHINLE CLAY BY ELECTRO-OSMOSIS AND BASE EXCHANGE OF IONS
A large scale soil stabilization project was initiated in July 1973. A 500-foot section, which is part of a 1300 foot cut on I-40 35 miles east of Holbrook, Arizona, was selected as the test site. The natural soil in the area is Chinle clay, a highly expansive Montmorillonite clay. The stabilization technique used on the Chinle clay was treatment with a 0.4N solution of KCl and electrochemical action. Results show that this method of soil stabilization produced a moderate decrease in the swelling characteristics of the Chinle clay, i.e., about a 50% decrease in expansive pressure and a 36% decrease in percent swell. Moreover, the electron miciographic and x-ray diffraction data have indicated some probable causative factors for the decrease in the swelling characteristics of the Chinle clay.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Prepared in cooperation with Arizona State Univ., Tempe.
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Corporate Authors:
Arizona Department of Transportation
Research Branch
206 South 17th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ United States 85007Arizona State University, Tempe
206 South 17th Avenue
Tempe, AZ United States 85281Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Mancini, F P
- O'bannon, C E
- Publication Date: 1975-10
Media Info
- Pagination: 138 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Clay; Clay soils; Diffraction; Eccentricity; Electroosmosis; Expansive clays; Ion exchange; Ions; Montmorillonite; Soil chemistry; Soil stabilization; Swelling; Swelling soils; X rays
- Uncontrolled Terms: X-ray diffraction
- Geographic Terms: Arizona
- Old TRIS Terms: Base exchange; Chinle clay; Ion exchange reactions; Ion exchanging; Soil swell
- Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00144026
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/AZ/RD-145 Final Rpt.
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Dec 15 1977 12:00AM