Engineering Characteristics of Chemically Treated Water-Repellent Kaolin
- Authors
- Choi, Youngmin; Choo, Hyunwook; Yun, Tae Sup; Lee, Changho; Lee, Woojin
- Issue Date
- 12월-2016
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Keywords
- artificial water-repellent clay; contact angle; landfill cover system; organosilane; stiffness; water infiltration
- Citation
- MATERIALS, v.9, no.12
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- MATERIALS
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 12
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/86784
- DOI
- 10.3390/ma9120978
- ISSN
- 1996-1944
- Abstract
- Water-repellent soils have a potential as alternative construction materials that will improve conventional geotechnical structures. In this study, the potential of chemically treated water-repellent kaolin clay as a landfill cover material is explored by examining its characteristics including hydraulic and mechanical properties. In order to provide water repellency to the kaolin clay, the surface of clay particle is modified with organosilanes in concentrations (C-O) ranging from 0.5% to 10% by weight. As the C-O increases, the specific gravity of treated clay tends to decrease, whereas the total organic carbon content of the treated clay tends to increase. The soil-water contact angle increases with an increase in C-O until C-O = 2.5%, and then maintains an almost constant value (approximate to 134.0 degrees). Resistance to water infiltration is improved by organosilane treatment under low hydrostatic pressure. However, water infiltration resistance under high hydrostatic pressure is reduced or exacerbated to the level of untreated clay. The maximum compacted dry weight density decreases with increasing C-O. As the C-O increases, the small strain shear modulus increases, whereas the effect of organosilane treatment on the constrained modulus is minimal. The results indicate that water-repellent kaolin clay possesses excellent engineering characteristics for a landfill cover material.
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