TY - JOUR AU - O.A, Fadele, AU - O.J., Ata, PY - 2018/04/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Stabilising Potential of Sawdust Lignin based Extracts in Compressed Lateritic Bricks JF - Civil Engineering Dimension JA - ced VL - 20 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.9744/ced.20.1.16-20 UR - https://ced.petra.ac.id/index.php/civ/article/view/20645 SP - 16-20 AB - <p align="justify"><span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span>Lignocellulosic materials are abundant in nature, rich in some functional groups</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span> considered less harmful to human health and the environment</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">.T</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span>he resulting waste may be recycled for other beneficial uses. Lignin is known to be a natural binder in lignocellulosic materials and several studies have confirmed it has binding ability with soil particles. This paper studied its stabilising potential in compressed lateritic bricks</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span> especially its effects on density and compressive strength properties of the bricks. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">L</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span>ignin additives extracted from sawdust were used to stabilise laterite</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span> while the bricks were moulded with the UNIFE ram</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span> a type of the CINVA ram. The laterite was stabilised at 4%, 8% and 12%</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span> while cement stabilised samples and 0% (unstabilised laterite) samples prepared accordingly were used as controls. The results showed that the LBAs contributed to the strength gained by the bricks at 3, 7, 14 and 28 days air curing</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span> while the bricks samples were categorise</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">d</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span> as high density</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Schoolbook', serif;"><span><span><span lang="id-ID">.</span></span></span></span></span></p> ER -