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Geotechnical News • December 2017
THE GROUT LINE
Michael McDonald
Xianglian Li & Timothy Evans
National Silicates.
Julie Qiulin Shang
).
Yu Guo & Bingfeng Xue
Department of Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Grouting Fundamentals Course
Only 2 months until the Grouting Fun-
damentals Course in Austin, TX!
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watch?v=dbm-D_Nu20A
And, please don’t forget that in 4
months we will celebrate the 50th
issue of the Grout Line with the same
request, asking you to send me your
grouting comments or grouting stories
or case histories. My coordinates
remain:
Paolo Gazzarrini,
,
or
Ciao! Cheers!
Figure 4: Injection of sodium silicate
with setting agent.
tion times and the impact of harden-
ers. Data was sufficiently encouraging
that the study has been quickly moved
to the trial phase for oilfield applica-
tions. Field trials are on-going but
early results have indicated a higher
first-time success rate and allow for
the placement of the high ratio sodium
silicate without a setting agent.
