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Mitigating The Shrink-Swell Capacities Of The Yazoo Clay Through Application Of Lime And Biochar, Austin Alan Brister
Mitigating The Shrink-Swell Capacities Of The Yazoo Clay Through Application Of Lime And Biochar, Austin Alan Brister
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Shrinking and swelling in Yazoo Clay is a cause of concern for construction projects in Mississippi. This thesis investigated the effects of adding lime and Douglas Fir biochar on the shrinking and swelling capabilities of Yazoo Clay. Samples of Yazoo Clay were mixed with the additives in defined ratios and subjected to the free swell test and the COLE(rod) test. Biochar addition reduced the COLE(rod) of the samples a large amount, while increasing the swelling potential of the clay samples. The addition of lime slightly reduced both the shrinking and swelling potentials of the samples. The mineralogical variability of Yazoo …
Experimental And Modeling Studies Of Clay/Polydicyclopentadiene Resin Nanocomposites, Mitra Yoonessi
Experimental And Modeling Studies Of Clay/Polydicyclopentadiene Resin Nanocomposites, Mitra Yoonessi
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Hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites have received considerable attention during the last five years due to their unexpected properties. This work incorporated nanodispersed organically modified montmorillonite clay into polydicyclopentadiene resin matrices. Montmorillonite consists of 1 nm platelet sheets with a 2:1 structure, consisting of an alumina octahedral layer sandwiched between two silica tetrahedral layers. The relative weak forces between platelets allow small molecules like water, solvents and monomers as well as polymers, to enter into the interlayer spacings between the platelet sheets. In-situ polymerization of highly delaminated clay/dicyclopentadiene(DCPD) dispersions was used to prepare clay/polydicyclopentadiene (polyDCPD) nanocomposites. Highly delaminated composites were characterized using …