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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 25, No. 5, 449-456 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07077615

Study of fine sediments for making lightweight aggregate

Meng-Feng Hung

Department of Civil Engineering, De-Lin Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, hungmf66{at}yahoo.com.tw

Chao-Lung Hwang

Department of Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

The objective of this study was to investigate the recycling of the fine sediments of Shih-Men Reservoir to manufacture lightweight aggregate. By qualitative and quantitative analysis of the fine sediment and sintered aggregate through soil test, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, a strategy of recycling fine sediment as aggregate for other similar material is proposed. The test results indicate that such fine sediment can be classified as low plastic clay, and clay of such chemical composition is located in the Riley's `area of bloating'. The particle density of sintered lightweight aggregate decreases when the sintering temperature increases especially above 1200°C due to phase transformation and formation of a vitrified layer on the surface through subsequent dehydration, bloating and collapsing stages. Our findings show that the fine sediment of Shin-Men Reservoir could be a suitable raw material for making expanded lightweight aggregate sintered at 1200 to 1300°C for 10 to 12 min by a programmable furnace and a diffusion process.

Key Words: Fine sediment • lightweight aggregate • qualitative and quantitative analysis • clay • dehydration • bloating • collapsing • wmr 791—4


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