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New experimental tools for the characterization of highly overconsolidated clayey materials in unsaturated conditions
2010
This chapter presents some of the experimental facilities that have recently been developed at the EPFL Soil Mechanics Group. Three apparatuses operating in non-isothermal conditions are described in detail: a sorption bench for determining water retention curves, an oedometric cell for analyzing volumetric responses under high vertical loads, and a triaxial cell designed for extreme loading conditions.
Effect of the processing on polyethylene/clay nanocomposites
2008
Earth Bricks with Halloysite Nanoclay: Research and Experimentation for the Sustainability of Materials
2021
The paper illustrates the experimentation activities on rammed earth and nanotechnologies conducted by the authors. The experimental research was carried out with the aim of improving the performance of rammed earth bricks with clay nanotubes, creating a ‘new material’ with reduced embodied energy and low CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Specifically, the analysed performances are related to the compressive strength that expand their area of use as a building material.
Adsorption of anionic dyes onto natural, thermally and chemically modified smectite clays
2014
Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the adsorption capacity of the smectite clays (from the overburden of the lignite deposit in Belchatow) for two anionic dyes, i.e. Reactive Blue 81 (RB-81) and Direct Blue 74 (DB-74). Additionally, the influence of the thermal and chemical (acid and alkali) clay modifications on the amount of bonded dyes was investigated. The adsorption capacity of the clay (natural and modified) was different for studied dyes and depended on the initial concentration and modification type. All the modified clays adsorbed the dyes at pH>pHPZC as the negatively charged surfaces of their particles (in accordance with the formula: AOH ↔ AO- + H+) prevented the…
Sorption of Acid Green 16 from Aqueous Solution onto Low-moor Peat and Smectite Clay Co-occurring in Lignite of Belchatow Mine Field
2015
Celem badań było wyznaczenie pojemności sorpcyjnej iłu smektytowego i torfu niskiego towarzyszących pokładom złóż węgli brunatnych w stosunku do barwnika Acid Green 16 (AG–16) oraz określenie mechanizmu jego wiązania. Wyniki wskazały, że badany torf niski był skutecznym sorbentem barwnika AG-16 w całym zakresie stężeń początkowych (1–1000 mg/dm3), natomiast ił smektytowy – jedynie z zakresie stężeń wysokich (> 250 mg/dm3). W wyniku aktywacji termicznej iłu nastąpił wzrost jego pojemności sorpcyjnej w stosunku do badanego barwnika. Proces sorpcji barwnika przebiegał przy ujemnie naładowanej powierzchni sorbentów i wskazywał, że jednym z mechanizmów wiązania barwnika AG–16 były oddziaływania …
Italica (Seville, Spain): use of local marble in Augustan age
2010
This study concerns 51 marble finds made of “Cipollino verde” coming from the ancient city of Italica (north of the modern city of Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain), the earliest Roman settlement in Spain, founded in 206 B.C. The aim of this work was to determine their provenance from Greek and Italian quarries or from local quarries worked in the Iberian Peninsula. Thin-section optical microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, bulk rock chemistry and O, C and Sr stable isotope analyses were carried out. Results were compared with literature data on “Cipollino verde” marbles quarried in southern Euboea (Greece), Apuan Alps (Italy), Almería, Extremoz, Seville (Spain) and Évora (Portugal). T…