Electrokinetic Effects on Kaolin Soil

The title for this Final Year Project (FYP) is "Electrokinetic effects on kaolin
soil". Kaolin soil is a white clay mineral that has relatively low strength. In this
Final Year Project, the electroosmosis will be applied to the kaolin soil to improve
the characteristics of the soil. It will focus in the strength of the soil.
Electrokinetics is the study of the motion of particles and chemical transformation
between two electrodes that result from or produce an electric potential difference
(voltage). Electroosmosis involves water transport through a continuous soil
particle network from anode to cathode.
Kaolin soil was taken from the Greatpac Sdn. Bhd. Factory, Bidor, Perak. The test
that have been conducted in the first semester is the moisture content test, liquid
limit, plastic limit, vane shear, sedimentation by hydrometer analysis. This test
was conducted to study the physical characteristic of the soil. The result that was
obtained from the test shows the same result as others kaolin soil from other place.
There was two type of experiment that had been conducted using different amount
of load (lOkPa, 20kPa and 30kPa) without applying the current and also applying
the different amount current (10mA, 20mA and 30mA) with 20kPa of load. This
experiment is to study the result of the electrokinetic effect to the kaolin soil.
From the analysis that had been done from the result shows that there were some
improvement of strength to the kaolin soil after applying the electrokinetic
method. There is not much increase in strength but the experiment proves that
there were some findings to the experiments.