The Influence of Geopolymerization Process on Liquid and Plastic Limits of Soils

Abstract:

Liquid and plastic limits are very important especially for classification of soil and other engineering purposes where they can provide basis information and also better understanding about the soil. In this study, the geopolymerization process was applied to three different soils; kaolin and the other two soils (Soil 2 and Soil 3) were taken at two different places to investigate any changes of liquid and plastic limit values with solid (soil) to alkaline activator (S/L) ratio range from 1 to 4. The results obtained indicated that the geopolymerization process influenced those values and with further investigation, there might be possibility the properties of soil could be improved due to the chemical reactions.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 754-755)
• Pages: 886-891
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.754-755.886
• Online since: April 2015
• Authors: Sharifah Zaliha Syed Zuber*, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Hussin Kamarudin, Fauziah Ahmad, Mohammed Binhussain
• Keywords: Geopolymerization, Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, Soil

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