Abstract:
Soil stabilization is an effort to improve soil properties,
increase soil carrying capacity and soil shear strength by mixing it
with chemicals or other additives. Stabilizing the soil aims to
increase soil density, replace inactive materials to increase cohesion
and friction resistance that arises, adding it to change soil’s chemical
and/or index, reduce the soil drainage, replace bad soil so that it has
technical specifications as subgrade for highway pavement. The most
commonly used and best-considered soil chemical stabilization
material for soil is cement but it has a negative impact so organic
geopolymer used instead of it. The organic geopolymer forming
material derived from oil palm shell ash and alkali activator are
NaOH.
Based on the results of soil index properties, the initial PI soil
test results was 22.92% and after the addition of organic geopolymer
become 15.70%. Soil engineering properties test in the form of
standard compaction testing, CBR laboratory and unconfined
compression test (UTC). The initial standard compaction test for the
soil maximum dry density soil was 14,00 kN/m3
, and the optimum
water content was 29.39%, after adding organic geopolymer the
weight become 14,80 kN/m3
, and optimum water content become
25.35 % (qualify). The initial CBR soil test results were 6.9%, but
after the addition of CBR organic geopolymer become 8.7%
(qualify). The initial soil UCT results were 59,87 kPa, after the
addition of UCT organic geopolymer become 90,91 kPa (qualify).
