Effect of acid environment on swelling-shrinkage properties of Baise expansive soil and its microscopic interpretation
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摘要: 以广西酸雨重灾区百色膨胀土为研究对象, 模拟不同酸性条件(pH值分别为3、5、7) 开展无荷膨胀率、膨胀力与线缩率试验, 研究酸雨对其胀缩性能的影响, 并采用扫描电镜(SEM) 图像和X射线衍射(XRD) 图谱分析了其微观结构与矿物成分, 运用IPP图像处理软件定量分析了SEM图像中试样的微结构。研究结果表明: 试样起始含水率降低时, 酸性环境对其膨胀变形的促进作用加大; 起始含水率由17%降至9%时, 不同酸性环境下试样的无荷膨胀率之差变大, 相比中性溶液, pH值为3和5的酸性溶液浸泡试样的无荷膨胀率增幅分别由20.6%和5.6%增至26.9%和7.0%;随着溶液pH值的减小, 试样无荷膨胀率、膨胀力与线缩率均呈阶段性增长; 相比中性溶液, pH值为3的酸性溶液浸泡试样的实测无荷膨胀率、膨胀力与线缩率分别增加了24.3%、37.5%和16.9%;环境酸性越强, 试样水分蒸发的速度越快, 脱湿至稳定时的含水率越低, 受酸侵蚀土的孔隙数和尺寸随之增加; 当溶液pH值从7分别降至5和3时, 土体孔隙率由8.7%分别增至11.9%和19.4%, 直径为3~5 μm的孔隙数急剧增多; 酸性环境使矿物结晶的程度变差, 其中游离的SiO2、Al2O3、K2O、MgO和CaO等胶结物出现不同程度的溶蚀和淋滤, 使原叠聚体间的结构联结强度减弱, 由面面叠聚结构逐渐向边边结构演化, 环境酸性愈强, 这种演化趋势愈剧烈, 直接导致膨胀土的胀缩变形增大。Abstract: The Baise expansive soil in heavy acid rain area of Guangxi was selected as the study subject. To explore the effect of acid rain on the swelling-shrinkage properties of Baise expansive soil, the load-free swelling rate test, swelling force test and linear shrinkage rate test were carried out under different acid conditions (pH values are 3, 5 and 7, respectively). The changes in the microstructure and mineral composition of expansive soil were analyzed through the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns, the microstructures of specimens in SEM images were quantitatively analyzed based on the image processing software Image-Pro Plus (IPP). Research result shows that with the decrease of initial water content, the effect of acid environment on the expansive deformation of specimen increases. When the initial water content decreases from 17% to 9%, the differences of load-free swelling rate between the specimens under different acid environments increase. Comparing with the neutral solution, the increasing ranges of specimen load-free swelling rates soaked in acid solutions with pH values of 3 and 5 grow from 20.6% and 5.6% to 26.9% and 7.0%, respectively. With the decrease of solution pH value, the load-free swelling rates, swelling forces and linear shrinkage rates of specimens increase by stages. Comparing with the neutral solution, the measured load-free swelling rate, swelling force and linear shrinkage rate of specimen soaked in a solution with pH value of 3 increase by 24.3%, 37.5% and 16.9%, respectively. The more acidic the environment, the faster the water evaporation in specimen, and the lower the water content in specimen when it is dehumidified to stable. Both the pore number and size of acid-eroded soil increase with the increase of acidity. The soil porosity increases from 8.7% to 11.9% and 19.4%, respectively, when the solution pH value decreases from 7 to 5 and 3, respectively. The rapid increase of porosity mainly focuses on pore diameter ranging from 3-5 μm. The acid environment decreases the degree of mineral crystallization. Among them, the free colloidal minerals, such as SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, MgO and CaO, show different degrees of erosion and leaching. The erosion of colloidal mineral weakens the structural connection strength between the stacking structures, resulting in the evolution of stacking structure from face-to-face to edge-to-edge. The more acidic the environment, the severer the evolutionary trend, which directly leads to an increase of the swelling-shrinkage deformation of expansive soil.
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Key words:
- subgrade engineering /
- acid environment /
- Baise expansive soil /
- swelling-shrinkage property /
- microstructure /
- binding material /
- erosion /
- leaching
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表 1 膨胀土基本性质指标
Table 1. Basic characteristic indices of expansive soil
土样名称 相对密度 天然含水率/% 天然密度/ (g·cm-3) 液限/% 孔隙比/% 塑限/% 塑性指数 不同粒径(mm) 下的颗粒质量分数/% 蒙脱石质量分数/% 比表面积/ (m2·g-1) 自由膨胀率/% 伊/蒙混层比/% > 0.075 [0.005, 0.075] < 0.005 < 0.002 百色样 2.70 20.60 2.09 56.26 0.59 21.37 34.89 0.10 52.02 47.88 45.20 16.58 130.77 82.00 45.00 表 2 试验方案
Table 2. Test programs
试验项目 pH值 起始含水率/% 无荷膨胀率 3、5、7 9、13、17 膨胀力 3、5、7 9、13、17 线缩率 3、5、7 浸泡7 d后试样的测试值 表 3 试样无荷膨胀率拟合方程
Table 3. Fitting equations of load-free swelling rates of specimens
pH值 拟合函数式 判定系数R2 3 0.978 5 0.982 7 0.971 表 4 试样膨胀力的拟合方程
Table 4. Fitting equations of swelling forces of specimens
pH值 拟合函数式 判定系数R2 3 0.952 5 0.959 7 0.946 表 5 不同pH值溶液侵蚀后土体孔隙微结构特征
Table 5. Pore microstructure characteristics of soil eroded by solutions with different pH values
pH值 面积大于10 μm2的孔隙数 孔隙率/% 3~5 μm直径占比/% 形态分形维数 3 72 19.4 25.7 1.320 1 5 45 11.9 14.8 1.281 4 7 38 8.7 9.2 1.265 8 -
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