La tierra como material de construcción, propiedades y estabilizantes

Abstract

Methods of construction on land have been adapted throughout history, using different techniques for the planning, execution and construction of different works of great importance. At the same time, the have been the source of the first housing units. In which scientific and technological development wishes to implement strategies for the improvement of the quality of raw material, which for the case of study is land. This is a non-renewable material composed of clay, slit and sand. Also, it has some special characteristics such as the big quantity of minerals and the percentage of minerals establish by studies that allow their quantitative and qualitative identification.

For soil-based constructions, different physical and chemical properties of used materials can be established; such as the structure, porosity, density, texture and color as well as the resistance to compression. This article presents the analysis of different research that highlights the use of land as a construction material, accompanied by the use of tests mineralogical characterization. Among which the x-ray fluorescence analysis is highlighted, being a very precise analytical method that does not cause alternations to the sample and the SEM-EDS that allows compositionally characterize the materials and know the origin of these.