Research Article
Strength and Deformation Properties of Fiber and Cement Reinforced Heavy Metal-Contaminated Synthetic Soils
Table 1
Properties of soils and cement.
| Property | Standard | Unit | Kaolin | Sand | Cement |
| Moisture | JIS A 1203 | % | 2.90 | 0.39 | 0.5 | pH | JGS 0211 | | 4.70 | 7.50 | 10 | EC | JGS 0212 | mS/cm | 0.42 | 0.06 | |
| Grain size distribution | GB/T 50123-1999 | | | | | Clay fraction (≤0.005 mm) | | % | 56.40 | 0.10 | 2.3 | Silt fraction (0.075–0.005 mm) | | % | 18.80 | 2.98 | 97.7 | Sand fraction (2-0.075 mm) | | % | 24.80 | 96.92 | 0 |
| N2-BET | | | | | | Correlation coefficient (R2) | | | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | Specific surface area | | m2/g | 29.41 | 0.014 | 0.35 | Diameter | | nm | 29.97 | | | Pore volume | | cm3/g | 0.22 | | |
| Chemical composition | | | | | | SiO2 | | % | 45.32 | 93.57 | 1.94 | Fe2O3 | | % | 0.14 | 0.74 | 0.23 | CaO | | % | 0.02 | 1.87 | 31.31 | Al2O3 | | % | 51.13 | 2.12 | 0.9 | MgO | | % | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.29 | SO3 | | % | 0.09 | | 43.49 | TiO2 | | % | 0.68 | 0.027 | | Na2O | | % | 0.56 | 0.48 | | K2O | | % | 1.54 | 0.59 | | Cl− | | % | 0.01 | | |
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