Soil-stabilizing agent and a method for soil-stabilizing treatment

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a soil-stabilizing agent with less emission of dust, good reactivity, good behavior at mixing and good dispersibility and a method for soil stabilizing treatment capable of restraining the emission of dust in the procedure of sprinkling and mixing of the soil-stabilizing agent to soil. The soil-stabilizing agent according to the present invention comprises a mixture of a material mainly composed of quick lime and/or calcined dolomite and fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene resin. And the method for soil-stabilizing treatment according to the present invention comprises the following steps; adding a mixture of a material mainly composed of quick lime and/or calcined dolomite and fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene resin to soil, and mixing them under the hydration heat generated by the reaction between the quick lime and/or calcined dolomite with moisture in the soil to form hydrated material. When PTFE is in partially fibrillated state, emission of dust while sprinkling (primary dust) from the soil-stabilizing agent will be restrained as the particles of quick lime and/or calcined dolomite are enclosed in a cobweb-like net of the partially fibrillated PTFE, and emission of dust while mixing (secondary dust) is further restrained by a cobweb-like net of PTFE fibrillated further by mixing under hydration heat generated by the reaction of quick lime and/or calcined dolomite with moisture in the soil.

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