Learning About Chemical Soil Stabilization

Wednesday 31 December 2014

By Claudine Hodges


It is a process adopted in order to enhance engineering properties of the soil in a bid to enhance its stability. The chemical soil stabilization normally adopts the use of some chemical components to enhance the soils. This is needed in any case the available soil that is to be used in construction turns unsuitable for the preferred function. What is usually entailed is compaction, drainage and also preconsolidation in addition to several other processes.

An oversight of some of the particular methods which get adopted in making the soils firm, the advantages accrued and their disadvantaged are later explained in the article. To add on, main reasons why most major firms that adopt these methods are at of superior level gets established. Some of the most common procedures that are used to stabilize soils all over the world include;

Cement stabilization - It is a highly common procedure that is used in soil compaction. It is adopted mainly due to its cost effective nature and the availability of cement in almost any place. These soils are mixed and combined together with cement to boost its strength and robustness. Final results usually are fair and durable and also resistant to different weathers making this method an ideal choice for sandy environments.

The latter method is however in a way labor intensive in addition to having the ability of posing threats which can cause harm to the environment. To add on to this, the resultant soil-cement mixture is of a high degree of durability making it at times prone to getting cracks making this as one of its drawbacks.

Lime stabilization - it is also another very popular method that can be adapted to stabilize soils. This procedure in most cases is somehow expensive when put into comparison with the use of cement. What actually makes it have a higher cost is the costs of burning the limestone which acts as a major requirement in its process. It produces pollutants which harm the environment in addition to failing to increasing strength and stability of soils especially in those environments which are dry. This calls for an increase in compressive strength in particular cases.

Chemical stabilization - These are mostly of wider groups since there are multiple applications which are unique of each other. Major benefit posed by this approach is the possibility of developing solutions which can made in such a way that they fit specific environments which are in need. Consequently, this leads to enhanced performance in addition to the reliability of this method. The chemicals adopted in this procedure are costly and are also pollutants.

Polymer stabilization - The methods that are based on polymers are usually more modern techniques. They present various benefits compared to the traditional methods. They also do involve the combining of soils with polymer based materials that are unreactive and friendly to the environment. The major advantage of these procedures is their failure to negatively impact the environment.

Owing to the above, it is clear that many benefits do come with each procedure. Most are economical, easy to maintain, less prone to damages, durable and when used with the appropriate proportions they can be environmentally safe. Innovative procedures can be used to enhance the methods properties so as to acquire ideal final products.




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