Application of lime in road construction and future prospects
- Carreteras Magazine No. 182 - March / April 2012
Rafael Fernandez Aller
National Association of Lime and Derivatives Manufacturers of Spain (ANCADE)
Managing Director
Emma Lopez Salamanques
National Association of Lime and Derivatives Manufacturers of Spain (ANCADE)
Technical Manager
ABSTRACT
Lime has two fundamental applications in the field of infrastructures: in soil stabilization and in hot asphalt mixtures, which are developed in this article. In the first application, the effects of lime and its advantages are presented, and in the second, knowledge of the beneficial properties of lime and its use as a filler is presented.
KEYWORDS
Lime, Calcium lime, Soil stabilization, Hot mix asphalt.