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Use of Cement Kiln Dust on the Engineering Modification of Soil Materials, Nile Delta, Egypt

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Cement kiln dust (CKD) is the by-product generated from the manufacture of Portland cement. Disposal quantities of CKD in construction project are required to protect the environment. In the recent construction experience in the area of study at the last years showed that, ground and underground engineering on the soft soil are susceptible to various types of cracking in buildings and roads. The improvement of engineering properties of two disturbed soils by using CKD in different percentages (5, 10 and 20 %) was discussed in this paper. The results indicated that CKD additives increased the pH values and decreased the plasticity index in both types of soils under investigation. The maximum dry density (MDD) decreased and optimum moisture content (OMC) increased with increasing the percentage of CKD in soil A. In soil B the MDD and OMC decreased.

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    A. I. M. Ismail & Z. L. Belal

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Ismail, A.I.M., Belal, Z.L. Use of Cement Kiln Dust on the Engineering Modification of Soil Materials, Nile Delta, Egypt. Geotech Geol Eng 34, 463–469 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-015-9957-6

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