DUSTPROOFING AND WATERPROOFING OF SOILS. LABORATORY STUDIES OF SOIL WATERPROOFING MATERIALS,
Abstract
Two separate laboratory investigations were conducted (1) to examine further the capabilities of certain selected soil additives, indicated to have potential in a previous study, to waterproof several soils ranging from a silt to a plastic, heavy clay; and (2) to make preliminary evaluations of the effectiveness and potential of a number of previously untested formulations in satisfying requirements for soil waterproofers for military purposes. In the extended investigation of selected materials, both an unmodified and a chemically modified kerosene-cutback asphalt (MC-O), a silicone salt, aniline-furfural, a fatty quaternary salt, and a commercial road oil were employed as treatments for five soil types. The water-resistance characteristics of compacted treated specimens were examined by means of a capillary-rise wetting test conducted through four cycles of alternate drying and wetting. The water-resistance capability of treated soil specimens of a lean and a heavy clay was determined through only a single cycle of drying and wetting. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0450631
Entities
People
- G. R. Kozan
- J. D. Stouffer
- W. B. Fenwick