title: Strength development of solidified/stabilized organic waste and optimum treatment design.
abstract: Artificially contaminated (spiked) natural soils were solidified/stabilized using various combinations of commonly used additives, such as lime, cement, fly ash, activated carbon, and silica fume. The effectiveness of the solidification/stabilization (S/S) processes was evaluated based on experimental findings from compaction testing, unconfined compressive shear strength, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Correlations of limited reliability between unconfined compressive strength and penetrometer and torvane measurements were derived. Results from XRD experiments indicated that certain organic contaminants (i.e., naphthalene and pyrene) might impact the S/S processes for a given combination of additives. The type and amount of organic contaminants also affected the pozzolanic reactions. Specifically, the absence or small peak intensity of pozzolanic product XRD patterns for a given combination of additives was a good indication that the type and the amount of organic contaminant present inhibited pozzolanic reactions. This phenomenon was tested and confirmed for actual field-contaminated samples.
authors.affiliation: W.M. Keck Geoenvironmental Laboratory, Center for Environmental Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dermatas
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dadachov
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirabito
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D008422:Materials Testing; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction