TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Addition of Bentonite to Improve the Compaction Energy of Soil
AU - Abdul Ali Jaber, Saeed 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 21
SP  - 7917
EP  - 7921
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.7917.7921
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.7917.7921
KW  - compactive energy
KW  -Bentonite
KW  -soil strength
KW  -dry density
KW  -improve
KW  -ability
AB  - The aim of the current study is to investigate the addition of 4, 8, 12 and 16% bentonite to the soil
in compaction to improve the strength of soil, standard Proctor test and modified Proctor test were used with
4, 8, 12 and 16% moisture. The soil used in this study was brought from the connecting road between Nasiriyah
and Souk Al-Shuyukh cities as a random sample from deferent depths. The research found a set of conclusions
such as bentonite content at 8 and 12% would rise the maximum dry density which leads to increase the
strength of soil in compaction process and the maximum dry density was (1.9 g/cm<sup>3</sup>) at the bentonite ratio (8%)
represents the optimal values of additives of bentonite percentage to the soil to improve its strength ability.
ER  -