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Soil Treatment Evaluation Methods

This document provides two questions about remediating contaminated soil. The first asks to calculate the expected subsidence from vitrifying 1.5m x 1.5m x 2m of soil with 0.25 porosity. The second asks to calculate the expected increase in elevation if the soil is instead treated with organically modified clay which increases the volume by 10%.

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Soil Treatment Evaluation Methods

This document provides two questions about remediating contaminated soil. The first asks to calculate the expected subsidence from vitrifying 1.5m x 1.5m x 2m of soil with 0.25 porosity. The second asks to calculate the expected increase in elevation if the soil is instead treated with organically modified clay which increases the volume by 10%.

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Module 9 - Homework

1. The sand soil in a contaminated area will be treated by vitrification. The porosity
of the soil is 0.25. The contaminated area is 1.5 m x 1.5 m. The treatment will be
2 meters deep. What will be the expected subsidence after treatment?

2. An alternative treatment is available by mixing with organically modified clay.


However, the volume is expected to increase by 10%. What will be the expected
increase in the final elevation of this area?

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Mixing sand soil with organically modified clay is expected to increase the volume by 10%. For an area of 1.5 m x 1.5 m treated to a depth of 2 m, the original volume is 4.5 cubic meters. A 10% volume increase results in an additional 0.45 cubic meters, raising the elevation by 0.3 meters across the area .

The expected subsidence is calculated based on the porosity of the soil and the volume of the treated area. With a porosity of 0.25, and knowing the treatment depth is 2 m for an area of 1.5 m x 1.5 m, the total volume is 4.5 cubic meters. The void volume (porosity) is 1.125 cubic meters. After treatment, this volume compacts, so the expected subsidence equals the compaction of this void: 1.125 meters .

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