Myrick, Henry Nugent2022-11-012022-11-011970197213843674https://hdl.handle.net/10657/12510A study of physical and chemical effects of known concentrated commercial and industrial organic chemical liquid wastes on earthen lined evaporation/storage basins has been conducted. This study utilized known solutions of phenol, sulfuric acid, ammonium sulfate, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid in both simple and multi-component reaction systems with a Greens Bayou red clay soil. Basic soil mechanic measurements including the Atterberg Limit test, a permeability test, leachate formation and total exchangeable base tests were made on each reaction system. The concentration of the known solution (toxic solution) affected the soil characteristics: swelling, leaching, permeability and total exchangeable base increased and Atterberg Limits decreased as the concentration of the applied solution increased. Among the known toxic solutions, sulfuric acid strongly affected soil characteristics: swelling expansion was 90.9%; leaching passage reached 100%; permeability increased 98.5%; and total exchangeable base increased 39.8%, while the liquid limit and plastic index decreased 20.1% and 30.8% as compared with original fresh soil.application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Thesisreformatted digital