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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2012.28.10.79

Effect of Sea Water and Microorganism on Liquid and Plastic Limits of Soils  

Park, Sung-Sik (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kyungpook National Univ.)
Nong, Zhenzhen (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kyungpook National Univ.)
Jeong, Sueng-Won (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.28, no.10, 2012 , pp. 79-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
Small amount of salt and various microorganisms are contained in natural soils or clays near the shore. In this study, most common clay minerals such as kaolinite and bentonite are used to evaluate the effect of salt and microorganism on liquid and plastic limits. The effect of time after mixing clays with water was also investigated for the consistency limits of clays. The test was conducted immediately, 1 day, or 7 days after mixing soils. For liquid limit tests two different test methods were used, the percussion cup method by Casagrande and the fall cone method. When sea water or microbial solution was used for mixing soils rather than distilled water, the liquid limit of kaolinite decreased by 6-15% and that of bentonite further decreased up to 37-53%. The liquid limit obtained from the fall cone method was approximately 10% for bentonite and 20% for kaolinite, which are higher than those from the percussion cup method. The effect of time on liquid and plastic limits was significant for those tested immediately or 1 day later but the values obtained after 1 day or 7 days did not vary a lot, regardless of soils, mixing waters or test methods.
Keywords
Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Salinity; Microorganism; Kaolinite; Bentonite;
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