Improvement of the quality of Angono, Rizal soil mixture used in the production of compressed earth blocks (CEB)

• Main Authors: Genato, Beverly G., Marbibi, Ma. Cristina Lynn C., Tan, Jason A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1998
• Subjects: Pressed brick; Blocks (Building materials); Potting soils; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10793
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study determined the more appropriate soil mixture of Angono, Rizal to be used in the production of compressed earth blocks (CEB). Proportions of sand, silt-clay, gravel and cement were varied to come up with different mixes. There were six mixes proportioned, evaluated and tested. Their physic...