Physical and chemical characteristics of fibrous peat

Sutejo, Yulindasari and Saggaff, Anis and Rahayu, Wiwik and Hanafiah, Hanafiah (2017) Physical and chemical characteristics of fibrous peat. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Construction and Building Engineering (ICONBUILD) 2017.

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Abstract

Banyuasin is one of the regency in South Sumatera which has an area of 200.000 Ha of peat land. Peat soil are characterized by high compressibility parameters and low initial shear strength. Block sampling method was used to obtain undisturbed sample. The results of this paper describe the characteristics of peat soil from physical and chemical testing. The physical and chemical characteristics of peat include water content (Z), specific gravity (Gs), Acidity (pH), unit weight (J), and ignition loss tests. SEM and EDS test was done to determine the differences in fiber content and to analyze chemical elements of the specimen. The average results Z, Gs, and pH are 263.538 %, 1.847, and 3.353. Peat is classified in H4 (by Von Post). The results of organic content (OC), ash content (AC), and fiber content (FC) are found 78.693 %, 21.310 %, and 73.703 %. From the results of physical and chemical tests, the peat in Banyuasin is classified as fibrous peat. All the results of the characteristics and classification of fibrous peat compared with published data were close.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA169.H37 Reliability (Engineering), Engineering design, Civil engineering
Divisions: 03-Faculty of Engineering > 22101-Civil Engineering (S2)
Depositing User: Prof Anis Saggaff
Date Deposited: 07 Aug 2020 08:26
Last Modified: 07 Aug 2020 08:26
URI: http://repository.unsri.ac.id/id/eprint/32515

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