Open AccessGeo-Engineering Study of Selected Soils for Cement Industry in Al-Kifil District, Babylon, Central Iraq
Author(s) -
Muhsen Kalaf,
Mohammed Hussien,
Bilal M. Issa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iraqi geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2663-8754
pISSN - 2414-6064
DOI - 10.46717/igj.54.2f.8ms-2021-12-25
Subject(s) - atterberg limits , silt , geotechnical engineering , soil water , cement , plasticity , portland cement , physical property , soil test , grain size , soil gradation , environmental science , geology , soil science , metallurgy , materials science , composite material , geomorphology
The research was conducted on nine pits for selected soils in Babylon, in the Al-Kifl region in particular. It aims to find the relationship between the physical and chemical properties of the studied soil and its suitability in the cement industry. Nine samples of different depths were taken with a simple description of the soil in the fieldwork stage. As for the stage of laboratory tests, it included testing the grain size distribution to find the percentage of sand, silt, and clay, and Atterberg limits to find plasticity. It was found through these tests that the soil is silty clay and has low plasticity except for samples no. 5, and 6, which were clayey soil with low plasticity. The relationship between physical properties depends on the property of the grain size distribution, as it is the function of the rest of the properties. Chemical tests of the samples and comparing the ratios of their oxides with the standard specifications of the Kufa plant laboratory turned out to be suitable for the manufacture of ordinary Portland cement, as the study area is considered a good quarry for the clays used in such industries.