Remediation of Physical, Mechanical, and Microstructural Properties of Chemical Fertilizer–Contaminated Soil Utilizing Al2O3 and Fe2O3 in Alpha Phase in the Form of Nanohybrid: Experimental Study
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 23, Issue 11
Abstract
In addition to creating environmental threats, the leakage and entrance of chemical fertilizers into soil, which is possible in various ways, dramatically changes the physical and mechanical properties of soil. Furthermore, clay soils in the vicinity of monoammonium phosphate (MAP) contamination show substantially negative behavior, thus, improving the engineering geological factors of soil has become a huge challenge for engineers. Extensive programs such as triaxial compression test, consolidation test, compaction test, Atterberg limits, and collapse tests, in addition to X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) were performed on samples containing 10%–30% MAP over 7 days, 1, and 3 months. The mentioned trend was repeated when 0.5%–3% nano A (Al2O3 in alpha phase), nano F (Fe2O3 in alpha phase), and AF in form of a nanohybrid were added to soil which had been contaminated by MAP. Gained reports demonstrated significant declines in maximum dry density, plasticity index, and shear strength of contaminated soil when compared with natural soil. Conversely, increases in liquid limit, plastic limit, consolidation settlement, as well as soil collapse index were observed. Furthermore, a decrease in the amount of minerals in the XRD results and the formation of a flocculated structure in the SEM images in MAP-contaminated soil are evident. According to microstructural analysis, adding nano A, nano F, and AF nanohybrid as an improvement phase caused remediation of the soil structure and created cementation bonds between soil particles, thereby increasing the maximum dry density and soil shear strength, and decreasing the consolidation settlement and soil collapse index. Therefore, the use of AF as an efficient additive to remediate physical and mechanical properties of soils that have been contaminated with MAP, and to decrease the geological hazards of these kinds of contamination is recommended.
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