STABILIZATION OF SOIL WITH WATER-IN-VINYL ESTER RESIN EMULSIONS

摘要

Catalyzed emulsions of a water phase dispersed in a continuous phase of a polymerizable vinyl ester resin containing a copolymerizable monomer are prepared and applied to a soil or aggregate surface. The emulsion is then allowed to cure to a hard cross-linked resin having entrapped therein dispersed droplets of the water phase. The emulsions cure readily at ambient temperatures and may be formulated to cure in as short a time as a few minutes. The resulting cured emulsion-soil (or aggregate) surface is impermeable to liquids, resistant to corrosion and weathering and provides a load bearing surface.