A new technology of marble slurry waste （新技术的大理石泥浆浪费）.pdf

Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research MISRA et al: A NEW TECHNOLOGY OF MARBLE SLURRY WASTE UTILISATION IN ROADS 67 Vol. 69, January 2010, pp. 67-72 A new technology of marble slurry waste utilisation in roads A K Misra*, Renu Mathur, Y V Rao, A P Singh and Pankaj Goel Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi 110 025, India Received 04 May 2009; revised 21 November 2009; accepted 01 December 2009 Marble slurry dust (MSD, a waste of marble industry, finds bulk utilization potential in roads. This study indicates that besides embankment construction with this waste, 20-30% of soil can be replaced by MSD for sub-grade preparation. Technology has been validated by taking full scale trials in the field. Keywords: Embankment, Marble slurry dust (MSD), Roads Introduction mm, 95.5%; 10 mm, 93.3%; 4.75 mm, 90.90%; 2.36 mm, Around 4000 marble mines and 1100 marble pro- 85.9%; 1.18 mm, 78.8%; 600 µm, 70.8%; 425 µm, 66.0%; 1 300 µm, 54.3%; 150 µm, 37.3%; and 75 µm, 27.6%. Grain cessing units, spread over 16 districts of Rajasthan , generate huge quantity of marble dust (5-6 million tonnes/ size analysis of MSD gave complete passing through 75µm y) in the form of slurry during processing and slabing of sieve. 7 7 marble stones. Indiscriminate disposal of marble slurry Liquid limit test and plastic limit test were performed dust (MSD), mostly on road sides, is causing problems