CAI Guang-hua, ZHOU Yi-fan, POON Chi Sun, et al. Physical and mechanical performance of quicklime-activated GGBS stabilized Hong Kong marine sediment at high water content[J]. 2022, 43(2): 327-336.
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CAI Guang-hua, ZHOU Yi-fan, POON Chi Sun, et al. Physical and mechanical performance of quicklime-activated GGBS stabilized Hong Kong marine sediment at high water content[J]. 2022, 43(2): 327-336.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2021.0135.
Physical and mechanical performance of quicklime-activated GGBS stabilized Hong Kong marine sediment at high water content
The treatment of marine sediment has been a global-scale challenge. Portland cement (PC) is widely-used binder in the conventional stabilization/solidification method. Use of PC can cause serious environmental pollution. In this context
the environment-friendly binder (blend of quicklime and ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS)) has been adopted to replace PC in the soil remediation field. This study investigated the quicklime-activated GGBS for the stabilization of marine sediment at high water content. The physicochemical and unconfined compression measurements were performed to analyze the physical
chemical
and strength characteristics of the quicklime-GGBS stabilized sediments. The results were compared with that of PC-stabilized sediment. As compared to the PC-stabilized sediment
the quicklime-GGBS stabilized sediment would generate larger volume shrinkage
lower water content
and slightly higher density. With reducing quicklime proportion and continuing curing time
the pH of the quicklime-GGBS stabilized sediment gradually decreases. The unconfined compressive strength of the lime-GGBS stabilized sediment shows a trend of first increasing (quicklime-binder ratio of 0.05–0.15) and then decreasing (0.15–0.3) and finally increasing again (0.3–0.4). The maximum strengths appear at the quicklime-binder ratios of 0.15 and 0.4. The maximum strength at the quicklime-binder ratio of 0.15 is 1.4 times than the corresponding PC-stabilized sediment under the same condition. The findings indicate that the combination of GGBS with little quicklime has the potential to replace PC for stabilizing natural sediment at high water content.