Study of chemical-mineralogical properties of modified soils with polymers addition

• Main Authors: Patricio Jonny, Rodrigues John Kennedy, Lucena Léda Christiane
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
• Series: E3S Web of Conferences
• Subjects: polymers; stabilization; pavements
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160920001

On highways, the soil is considered a supported material and compound pavements layers. For this, they must have such characteristics that confer stability and mechanical resistance to traffic internal forces during the pavement life. When soils do not have required characteristics by the project can be used stabilization techniques that make the natural soil adequately to roads requirement. Based on this assumption, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of polymer association in soil stabilization for use in roads pavements. Were evaluated chemical and mineralogical properties on two (2) different soils with sample of pure soil and with the addition of the polymer association. Based on the obtained results, polymer association changes was observed on X-ray fluorescent spectrometry (XRF); X-ray diffraction (XRD); scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Methylene blue. In general, the polymeric association studied in this research was effective in chemical and mineralogical analyzes for use on stabilized soils, making this technique efficient for use in layers of road pavements.