Research Article

Collapsibility of Gypseous Soil Treated with Pectin-Biopolymer through Leaching

Table 2

Physical properties of soil.

Soil typesGrain size distributions (ASTM D422, 2007)Atterberg limits (ASTM D4318)Compaction test (ASTM D1557)
USCSCuCcLL (%)PL (%)γfeild (kN/m³)γdmax (kN/m³)OMC (%)

1SP6.30.6435N.P14.317.311
2SP7.80.5534N.P13.516.712
3SP60.5829N.P14.815.811
4SP70.7827N.P13.215.512