Study on the Characteristic of Marine Dredged Sediment Using Admixture

Dredge material can be used depending on their characteristic; hence this study aims to determine the characteristic of dredge marine sediment using admixture. Physical and chemical characteristic of dredge marine sediment is carried using the dredge sample taken from Terminal Jetty Lumut, Perak. The samples are stabilized using ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and strength measurement test such as cube compression test were carried out. The physical characteristic was determined, and it is considered as well-graded sand. The X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) test is carried out to determine the chemical characteristic that contained in the sample it was found that there were a lot of chemical compound found in this sample such as silica, aluminium and also gold oxide found. The mixture of dredge marine sediment with OPC to produce pave walk did not give a good results, hence some recommendations are given to make sure perfect mixture of pave walk produced such as mixing lime and kaolin in this sample and using geotechnical strength testing such as unconfined compression test to determine the strength of this material.