Repairment of clay shale soil by stabilization method using a cement binder

Clay shale is a type of clay that is easy to expand when it comes into contact with water because of the montmorillonite clay mineral it contains. The effect of water also causes a decrease in strength in the clay shale. As a result of the clay shale behavior, some buildings become damaged or landslides occur on the slope. The soil stabilization method with a cement binder is one solution to improve the detrimental properties of the clay shale. The selected cement content variations are 20, 30, and 40%. Cement Water Factor 35% for all variations. Laboratory testing is carried out at 0, 7, 14, and 21 days. Tests carried out in the form of specific gravity, swelling, atterberg limits, unconfined compressive, cation exchange capacity, X-Ray Difraction (XRD), and Scanning Electron Mycroscope (SEM). Tests show that the most optimum mixture is 30% clay shale-cement (CS-C30). CS-C30 produces changes in clay shale parameters including an increase in compressive strength without any decrease, and a reduction in the expansive nature as indicated by the decrease in the value of swelling pressure, and cation exchange capacity. Changes in these parameters are suspected because it already does not contain montmorillonite in CS-C30 based on XRD.