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Research on freeze–thaw and dry–wet durability of enzymatic calcification for surface protection

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The enzymatically induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) technique is currently studied for dust control because of the formation of cemented crust layer. In the present study, polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) was used with EICP together as the EICP-PVAc treatment to solidify dust soils. In addition, several treated dust soil areas always experience repeated freeze–thaw (FT) or dry–wet (DW) cycles, both of which result in the damage of structure. Therefore, the FT cycle test and the DW cycle test were conducted to study the durability of EICP-PVAc treatment. Results showed that both FT cycles and DW cycles affected the EICP-PVAc-treated dust soils. The wind-erosion resistance and rainfall-erosion resistance were impaired, and the surface strength decreased. However, the decreasing range resulted from the FT cycle was smaller than the decreasing range resulted from the DW cycle. It indicated the EICP-PVAc-treated dust soils had better FT durability, but the DW durability was worse. Moreover, a field test was used to study the durability of application of EICP-PVAc treatment in practical field test site. Based on the surface pattern observation after 9 months, the grasses in the treated area are in good growth condition; however, few grasses grew in the untreated area. The field test demonstrated that the combined EICP-PVAc and grass seeds treatment can ensure the long-term solidification effect and durability. The results lay a solid foundation for the applications of EICP-PVAc treatment to solidify dust soils for dust control.

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This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 51578147), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (grant number 2242020R20025), the Science and Technology Department of Ningxia (grant number 2020BFG02014), and the Transportation Department of Ningxia (grant number 202000173).

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    Xiaohao Sun

  2. Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    Linchang Miao, Hengxing Wang, Junhao Yuan & Linyu Wu

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XS and LM conceived and designed research. XS, HW, and JY conducted experiments. XS and LW analyzed data and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Sun, X., Miao, L., Wang, H. et al. Research on freeze–thaw and dry–wet durability of enzymatic calcification for surface protection. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 16762–16771 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18621-4

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