SPR-3728: Sulfates in Indiana Substrates

Sulfates in natural substrates can cause deterioration of Indiana's roads. Existing analytical methods to measure sulfate contents are variable in their approach and not specific to Indiana. There exists little quantification of amounts of sulfate occurring naturally in Indiana, identification of geographic areas having high sulfate content, or analysis of sulfate occurring in alternate road building materials such as byproducts from coal combustion. The study team will evaluate existing methods of quantifying sulfate; recommend Indiana specific test methods, and develop GIS maps and a database of potential problem areas.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $90000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-3728

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Shaffer, Nelson

• Start Date: 20130701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20160331
• Source Data: RiP Project 33577

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geotechnical engineering; Materials; Sulfates
• Uncontrolled Terms: Substrates
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01565595
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-3728
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 2 2015 1:00AM