Lime-Stabilized Black Cotton Soil and Brick Powder Mixture as Subbase Material

Table 3

Properties of black cotton soil stabilized with varying contents of lime.

Engineering property	2% lime	4% lime	6% lime
Plasticity characteristics
(a) Liquid limit (%)	64.4	NP	NP
(b) Plastic limit (%)	34.0	NP	NP
(c) Plasticity index (%)	30.4	NP	NP
Differential free swell (DFS) index (%)	90	60	40
IS light compaction
Maximum dry density (g/cc)	1.37	1.51	1.34
Optimum moisture content (%)	28	25	32
Soaked CBR (%)	7.59	8.52	0.62