Research Article

Effect of Wetting and Drying Cycle on the Behavior of Teff Straw Ash-Stabilized Expansive Soil

Table 4

Chemical properties of teff straw ash.

OxideValue (%)

Silica (SiO2)47.20
Alumina (Al2O3)4.10
Iron oxide (F2O3)0.82
Calcium oxide (CaO)8.46
Magnesium oxide (MgO)2.46
Sodium oxide (Na2O)<0.01
Potassium oxide (k2O)18.04
Manganese oxide (MnO)0.08
Phosphorpentoxide (P2O5)3.11
Titanium oxide (TiO2)0.01
Loss on ignition (LOI)12.46