Effect of Soil Organic Matters in Dredged Soils to Utilization of their Mixtures Made with a Steel Slag
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.1.1. Dredged Soils
2.1.2. Steel Slag
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Preparation of Steel Slag-Dredged Soil Mixtures
2.2.2. Unconfined Compressive Strength Tests
2.2.3. Mineralogical Phases Assemblage
2.2.4. Chemistry of the Pore Water Solutions
2.2.5. Quantification of Soil Organic Matter and Humic Acids in the Dredged Soils
2.2.6. Elemental Compositions of Humic Acids
3. Results
3.1. Characterization of the Mixtures
3.1.1. Unconfined Compressive Strength
3.1.2. Mineralogical Phase Assemblages
3.1.3. Solution Chemistry of Pore Water
3.2. Characterization of Soil Organic Matter in Dredged Soils
4. Discussion
4.1. Indicators for Strength Development of the Steel Slag-Dredged Soil Mixtures
4.2. Characteristics of Humic Acids that Inhibit Strength Development of the Mixtures
4.3. Effects of Soil Organic Matters on Pozzolanic Reaction
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Soil Particle Density (g/cm3) | Liquid Limit | Content of Fine Particle (<0.075 mm) (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Soil A (1) | 2.777 | 73.4 | 83.2 |
Soil B (1) | 2.737 | 89.8 | 99.3 |
Soil C (1) | 2.709 | 44.1 | 91.1 |
Soil D (1) | 2.707 | 66.2 | 58.6 |
Soil E | 2.721 | 80.0 | 75.5 |
Soil F | 2.655 | 54.5 | 86.3 |
Soil G | 2.544 | 96.1 | 99.3 |
Soil H | 2.629 | 66.1 | 63.5 |
Samples | TOC | Humic Acid Content | Humic Acid Elemental Composition (wt.%) (1) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(wt. %) | (wt. %) | C | H | N | S | O (3) | |
Soil A | 0.60 ± 0.01 | 0.09 (2) | 45.55 | 3.61 | 2.39 | 3.14 | 45.31 |
Soil B | 1.20 ± 0.01 | 0.20 (2) | 47.26 | 4.22 | 2.73 | 2.72 | 43.07 |
Soil C | 1.97 ± 0.01 | 0.14 (2) | 52.03 | 4.46 | 2.53 | 2.20 | 38.78 |
Soil D | 1.21 ± 0.10 | 0.30 (2) | 41.12 | 3.57 | 3.25 | 7.23 | 44.83 |
Soil E | 0.68 ± 0.01 | 0.16 | 43.33 | 3.15 | 2.13 | 1.14 | 50.25 |
Soil F | 1.46 ± 0.04 | 0.24 | 46.17 | 3.92 | 2.86 | 0.99 | 46.06 |
Soil G | 3.86 ± 0.01 | 0.93 | 51.76 | 4.12 | 3.93 | 1.62 | 38.57 |
Soil H | 1.50 ± 0.08 | 0.24 | 47.88 | 4.70 | 3.92 | 7.04 | 36.46 |
Inogashira (4) | 16.7 | 5.10 | 54.83 | 4.27 | 4.01 | 0.26 | 36.63 |
Dando (4) | 6.19 | 0.69 | 53.04 | 5.25 | 4.49 | 0.29 | 36.93 |
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Toda, K.; Kikuchi, R.; Otake, T.; Nishimura, S.; Akashi, Y.; Aimoto, M.; Kokado, T.; Sato, T. Effect of Soil Organic Matters in Dredged Soils to Utilization of their Mixtures Made with a Steel Slag. Materials 2020, 13, 5450. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13235450
Toda K, Kikuchi R, Otake T, Nishimura S, Akashi Y, Aimoto M, Kokado T, Sato T. Effect of Soil Organic Matters in Dredged Soils to Utilization of their Mixtures Made with a Steel Slag. Materials. 2020; 13(23):5450. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13235450
Chicago/Turabian StyleToda, Kanako, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsubasa Otake, Satoshi Nishimura, Yuzoh Akashi, Michihiro Aimoto, Takeshi Kokado, and Tsutomu Sato. 2020. "Effect of Soil Organic Matters in Dredged Soils to Utilization of their Mixtures Made with a Steel Slag" Materials 13, no. 23: 5450. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13235450