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Geotechnical properties of the soils contaminated with oils, landfill leachate, and fertilizers

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Severe modification of geotechnical properties of soils mainly occurred due to physical and/or physicochemical interactions between soil and contaminants such as oils, landfill leachate, and fertilizers. However, the degree of natural soil alteration in terms of permeability, shear strength, compaction, Atterberg limits, consolidation, and compressibility is dependent on contaminant and soil type. A sharp reduction in natural soil permeability occurred due to the migration of particle fragments of the contaminant and clogging the pores between soil particles. Nevertheless, the permeability of the contaminated soil with acidic and alkaline solutions could be increased due to the dissolution of the soil minerals. Physical and physicochemical interactions are predominant in granular and fine-grained soils, respectively. Atterberg limits of the natural soil are deteriorated due to physicochemical interaction with contaminants. Moreover, some contaminants tend to reduce the thickness of the diffuse double layer (DDL), resulting in soil shrinkage and causing a decrease in repulsive forces, thus promoting flocculation of particles.

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Abbreviations

C:

cohesion

CBR:

California bearing ratio

CC :

compression index

CH:

high plasticity clay

CL:

low plasticity clay

CV :

coefficient of consolidation

DDL:

diffuse double layer

I P :

plasticity index

K :

permeability coefficient

MDD:

maximum dry density

ML:

low plasticity silt

MSW:

municipal solid waste

mv:

coefficient of volume compressibility

OMC:

optimum moisture content

PD:

percentage decrease

PI:

percentage increase

SM:

silty sand

SP:

poor-graded sand

SW:

well-graded sand

UCS:

unconfined compressive strength

W L :

liquid limit

W P :

plastic limit

W S :

shrinkage limit

φ :

angle of internal friction

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The first author would like to thank Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) of Egypt for providing a scholarship to conduct this study as well as the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) for offering all facilities and tools needed to this study. All authors would like to thank the reviewers for their valuable and constructive comments.

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    Safia M. Khodary & Ahmed Tawfik

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt

    Abdelazim M. Negm

  3. Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt

    Ahmed Tawfik

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Khodary, S.M., Negm, A.M. & Tawfik, A. Geotechnical properties of the soils contaminated with oils, landfill leachate, and fertilizers. Arab J Geosci 11, 13 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3372-7

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