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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2012.28.3.67

Development of Soil Binder Using Plant Extracts  

Park, Sung-Sik (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kyungpook National Univ.)
Choi, Sun-Gyu (Dept. of Civil Engrg., Kyungpook National Univ.)
Nam, In-Hyun (Geologic Hazards Dept., Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.28, no.3, 2012 , pp. 67-75 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents an environment-friendly sand cementation method by precipitating calcium carbonate using plant extracts. The plant extracts contain urease like $Sporosarcina$ $pasteurii$, which can decompose urea into carbonate ion and ammonium ion. It can cause cementation within sand particles where carbonate ions decomposed from urea combine with calcium ions dissolved from calcium chloride or calcium hydroxide to form calcium carbonate. Plant extracts, urea and calcium chloride or calcium hydroxide were blended and then mixed with Nakdong River sand. The mixed sand was compacted into a cylindrical specimen and cured for 3 days at room temperature ($18^{\circ}C$). Unconfined compression test, SEM and XRD analyses were carried out to evaluate three levels of urea concentration and two different calcium sources. As urea concentration increased, the unconfined compressive strength increased up to 10 times those without plant extracts because calcium carbonate precipitated more, regardless of calcium source. It was also found that the strength of specimen using calcium chloride was higher than that of specimen using calcium hydroxide.
Keywords
Calcium Carbonate; Cementation; Plant extracts; Unconfined compressive strength; Urea;
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