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2. MATERIALS
Locally available expansive soil was to be used for the
experimental investigation. Soil sample was collected from
the local area at a depth of 0.5 m to 1.0 m. To characterize
the soil various experiments were conducted as per BIS
procedure. Laboratory grade hydrated lime and fly ash
collected from Ennore Thermal power plant, were used in
present study.
Table 1: Chemical Properties of Ennore Fly Ash
Chemical properties
Fly ash F
Chemical properties
% by mass
ASTM C618
class-F
SiO2
63.60
CaO
1.57
< 10
Al2O3
28.20
Fe2O3
2.99
MgO
0.54
5 (max)
Na2O
0.05
K2O
0.003
SO3
0.26
MnO
0.03
Loss on ignition
0.85
Soluble residue
Al2O3/Fe2O3
SiO2+Al2O3+Fe2O3
94.78
70 (min)
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3. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
The expansive soil passing through 425 is mixed in dry
state with various percentages of lime and fly ash on weight
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(2%, 4%, and 6%) and the percentage of fly ash was to be
maintained as constant 10% is shown in Figure 6.
6. CONCLUSIONS
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Fig. 4: Variation of UCC Strength with Time Delay and
Percentage of Lime Content with 10% FA
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REFERENCES
Fig. 5: Variation of UCC Strength with Time Delay and
Percentage of Lime Content
Figure 5 shows the difference in strength between the soil-fly
ash-lime-ammonium chloride mix to the soil-fly ash lime
mix. Fig shows that the strength was increased with the
addition of ammonium chloride.
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