Background Geophagy, the recurrent intentional eating of soil, is well documented in many African countries, but little or nothing known about this practice Chad. We conducted a cross-sectional study among inhabitants N’Djamena to assess: (i) source, type, and form geophagic soil at purchase; (ii) event, daily frequency, cost, duration eating; (iii) habits consumption storage; (iv) specific mot...

Nowadays, new materials are widely used for improving the bearing capacity of the soils and geosynthetics include the type of these materials which are utilized in this regard. In addition, the geofoam panel type of geosyntethic materials is useful and an alternative for backfill in retaining wall or pavement layers. The present research mainly aimed to investigate sthe effects of geofoam parti...

in order to prevent contamination of heavy metals accumlation in soil, plant, and ground water, several methods of prevention are studied, and tested worldwide. one of the method which has not been studied and applied in iran is stabilization of heavy metals in soil by using clay minerals. clay minerals due to hydration properties can adsorb organic and inorganic substances. two clay minerals w...

In this research modified Kaolin by Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide is used as an adsorbent for the removal of Reactive Blue 21 from aqueous solutions. Response Surface Methodology was used to study the effect of independent variables, such as Reactive Blue 21 dye concentration (20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 mg/L), time (10, 20, 30, 40 and 50), initial pH (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10) and modified Kaolin dosage ...