MATERIAL USED AND

METHODOLOGY
Soft Soil
Soft soil was collected from Tatibandh-Atari rural
road district Raipur, Chhattisburgh, India at a depth
of 0.4 meter for this study.

Granulated Blast Furnace Slag
was obtained from Bhilai steel plant district Durg,
Chhattisgarh, India.

Fly Ash
Has been collected from nearby thermal power
station at Urla district Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Properties
Methodology
The soil collected from the site was pulverized with
wooden mallet to break lumps and then air-dried.
Processing of fly ash was done on the similar line as that
of raw soil.
Oven dried granulated blast furnace slag (GBS) was used
for mixing with fly ash soil mixture.
A number of soil fly ash GBS combinations were used.
Total twelve trial combinations were formed, compaction
and strength properties of blended mixes were evaluated
in the laboratory.
Table 3 : Combination of additive with soil
Slag needs to be granulated and ground to be
reactive, finer grain size produces more reactive slag.
The long term curing effect of slag continues even
years after stabilization ( in many cases cement-slag
mixture is more efficient than cement alone).
the stabilization process of materials containing
lime, furnace slag, gypsum or fly ash can continue for
several months after mixing.
The density of peat normally tend to increase on
stabilization, some of the water in the soil replaced
by the stabilizer.
In general, stabilization effectiveness increases with
the homogeneity of the stabilized material.