Mineralogical changes and geotechnical properties of an expansive soil interacted with caustic solution

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1189-1199

  Sivapullaiah, Puvvadi Venkata ^a   Sankara, Gullapalli ^a   Allam, Mehter M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Alkali; Atterberg limits; DTA; Index properties; Rectorite; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ATTERBERG LIMITS; BLACK COTTON SOIL; CAUSTIC SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION OF; EXPANSIVE SOILS; EXTERNAL AGENTS; FINE GRAINED SOIL; FREE SWELL; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDEX PROPERTIES; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; KEY FACTORS; MINERALOGICAL CHANGES; MIXED LAYER; PRIMARY SOURCES; RECTORITES; SPECIFIC SURFACE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ATTERBERG LIMIT; CLAY MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPANSIVE SOIL; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; HYDROXIDE; MINERALOGY; MOISTURE; SWELLING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77954089979     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0260-9     Document Type: Article

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