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Calculation of Strength Gain by Carbonate Precipitation in Crushed Granite Fines of Meghalaya

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Sustainable Earth and Beyond (EGRWSE 2022)

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Enzyme induced carbonate precipitation (EICP) is an emerging method to modify the mechanical properties of soils. EICP offers several advantages over Microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP), primarily urease enzyme being small in size; it can be adopted for a wider range of soils, with simpler processes of the application. In this context of soil modification, several developing countries have encountered strain in the supply of natural materials for infrastructural development; thus, using alternative materials which are locally available to the conventional ones as an alternative to sand is a sustainable solution. In this study, efforts were made to understand the effect of the single-phase premixed percolation method using purified urease enzyme for modifying the mechanical properties of Crushed Granite Fines (CGS) collected from a quarry in the Meghalaya region of Northeast India. The highest Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) precipitation was established by studying the concentration and the ratio of cementation solution in a soil-less environment, which was later used to modify the CGS. The CGS predominantly contained SiO2 (~ 42.53% by wt.), Al2O3 (~ 2.05% by wt.) with slight availability of K2O (~ 0.57% by wt.). XRD investigated the Calcium Carbonate precipitation on the CGS, and the CGS micrograph confirmed the precipitation of CaCO3 crystals both in clusters and in unattached form. The amount of precipitation of CaCO3 and the Strength of the treated CGS were measured using acid digestion and Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) testing. It was observed that the single-phase method of treatment increased the compressive strength of CGS from 0 to 10.11 kPa and 17.88 kPa when extracted by two extraction methods viz. heavy extraction and light extraction respectively, which clearly indicated that the CaCO3 crystal facilitated load transfer between CGS grains. Thus, it is opined that EICP can also be used in unconventional materials for their mechanical stabilization.

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Baruah, P., Sharma, S. (2023). Calculation of Strength Gain by Carbonate Precipitation in Crushed Granite Fines of Meghalaya. In: Yukselen-Aksoy, Y., Reddy, K.R., Agnihotri, A.K. (eds) Sustainable Earth and Beyond. EGRWSE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 370. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4041-7_10

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