Experimental Study on Mechanical Behavior of a New Backfilling Material: Cement-Treated Marine Clay

Table 1

Physical characteristics of Singapore marine clay [22].

	Values
Soil characteristics
Specific gravity (Mg/m^3)	2.70
Liquid limit (%)	74.07
Plastic limit (%)	31.00
Plasticity index (%)	43.07
Particle size
Colloid (% < 1 μm)	24.1
Clay (% < 4 μm)	21.8
Silt (4 μm < % < 62.5 μm)	47.7
Fine sand (62.5 μm < % < 250 μm)	6.2
Medium sand (250 μm < % < 500 μm)	0.2