Patent References 3552130 Soil stabilization by ion diffusion Water control with polymers Method for stabilizing soil Injection process and injection apparatus for solidifying a ground Rendering porous structures impermeable by treatment with gellable amine polymers Methods of minimizing fines migration in subterranean formations Patent #: 4558741 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/856188 filed on 04/28/1986US Classes:405/263, Chemical405/270ImpermeabilizationExaminersPrimary: Husar, Cornelius J.Assistant: Stodola, Nancy J. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesE02D 3/12 (20060101)E02D 3/00 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1985-04-30 JPAbstractAn improvement was provided in the method for forming a water-impermeable layer in a sandy soil by sprinkling an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble polymer, e.g. poly(acrylic acid), over the land so as to infiltrate the soil with the solution, according to which the water-impermeable layer can be formed at a controlled depth as desired from the ground surface by controlling the value of pH of the aqueous polymer solution in the range from 4 to 12. | |