%0 Journal Article
%T Characterization of Two Clay Raw Materials from Côte d¡¯Ivoire with a View to Enhancing Them in Eco-Construction
%A L¨¦b¨¦ Prisca M.-S. Kouakou
%A Alfred Niamien Kouam¨¦
%A Bi Iri¨¦ Herv¨¦ Gour¨¦ Doubi
%A Namory M¨¦it¨¦
%A Jean Thierry Kangah
%A Esmel Privat Zokou
%A L¨¦on Koffi Konan
%A Yao Jonas Andji-Yapi
%J Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering
%P 198-208
%@ 2327-4085
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jmmce.2022.102016
%X This study was carried out with a view to appreciate the value of clay, raw materials in eco-construction. To achieve this, we sampled two clay raw materials denoted Aga and Bak and then characterized. The results obtained from geotechnical and mineralogical tests have shown that the clay samples Aga and Bak are fine soils moderately plastic class A soils consisting essentially of quartz with 73.13% and 74.56% respectively for Aga and Bak and clay minerals (kaolinite and illite) with 12.73% kaolinite and 8.55% illite for Aga against 8.31% kaolinite and 13.72% for Bak. Moreover, these samples do not contain swelling clays and contain a sufficient quantity of iron oxides which allows them to be valued in ceramics, in particular in compressed earth bricks (CEB).
%K Clays
%K Compressed Earth Bricks
%K Eco-Material
%K Physico-Chemical and Geotechnical Properties
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=116322