Magnetic Susceptibility Signature Technique: A Viable Clay Typing Tool for Sustainable Road Constructions in Some Parts of Niger Delta| Chapter 6 | New Innovations in Chemistry and Biochemistry Vol.7

 It is impossible to underestimate the importance of science and technology as tools for providing solutions to challenges that affect man and society development. The quality of the roads in the Niger Delta region is a key source of concern for Nigerian governments that want the best for their population. Several tactics and techniques have been used by successive governments in the region to provide solutions to avoid such awful road conditions, but none of them has shown to be long-term sustainable. The goal of this study was to propose the magnetic susceptibility signature approach as a viable clay typing tool for long-term road construction in Rivers State, Nigeria's Niger Delta region. Samples were gathered at random locations in two sources A and B, as well as on two prospective construction sites X and Y. Using an MS2E Bartington instrument with built–in Bartsoft software, the samples were subjected to Volume Magnetic Susceptibility (VMS) measurements (S.I unit), and their corresponding Magnetically Derived Illite (MDI) contents (percent) were determined using Potter's Two Mineral Mixture Model. The MDI contents (percent) of the sources and sites were plotted against depth (m), and the spectra of the sources and sites were examined for compatibility and sustainability. Source A's Volume Magnetic Susceptibility (VMS) is (0.8-118.0) x 10-5, while Site X's is (45-300) x 10-5, Source B's is (7.6-227.0)x10-5, and Site Y's is (56.5-183.8)x 10-5. For Site X, the MDI varies from 3.8 percent to 300.0 percent and 14.1 percent to 290.5 percent. Clays from Source A and Site X, as well as those from Source B and Site Y, are compatible and cost-effective, but clays from Source A on Site Y and Source B on Site X are incompatible and uneconomical, according to the findings. Construction enterprises in the Niger Delta and worldwide can use the findings of this study.

Author(s) Details:

Orudukobipi Asime,
Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Port Harcourt Polytechnic, Rivers State, Nigeria.

Chioma Don Lawson,
Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Port Harcourt Polytechnic, Rivers State, Nigeria.

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