| Title |
Assessment of Zeolite Soil Mixture as Adsorptive Fill Material at Industrial Zones |
| Authors |
권재우(Kwon, Patrick Sun) ; 라힘(Rahim, Shahrokhishahraki) ; 박준범(Park, Jun Boum) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.12652/Ksce.2019.39.1.0203 |
| Keywords |
산업단지;성토재;제올라이트 혼합물;중금속 흡착 Industrial zone;Fill material;Zeolite mixed soil;Heavy metal adsorption |
| Abstract |
A number of industrial zones in South Korea were reported contaminated by heavy metals. Such contamination could cause severe damage to the subsurface environment including soil and groundwater. The treatment of zeolite mixing with soil at the bottom of such industrial zones might prevent, or at least reduce the damage of contamination by adsorption of the heavy metals from the leakage. However, such mixtures should maintain the proper bearing capacity as a foundation fill material from the geotechnical point of view at the same time. To investigate the effect of mixtures of zeolite with local soils for the adsorption of heavy metals (Zn, Pb) and sustainability of bearing capacity, adsorption isotherm tests and direct shear test with compaction tests were performed. Results showed that the mixing zeolite with local soils effectively reduces the spreading of the heavy metal contamination when maintaining its proper geotechnical properties as a fill material of industrial zones. |