Composition and method for stabilizing road base

Abstract

A mixture, comprising of fly ash and an emulsion, where said emulsion is mixed with said fly ash in a range of 5% to 50% of fly ash per an area of a square yard and 0.5 gallons to 2.5 gallons per square yard of the emulsion to said area.

1 . A mixture, comprising: 
 fly ash; and    an emulsion, where said emulsion is mixed with said fly ash in a range of 5% to 50% of fly ash per an area of a square yard and 0.5 gallons to 2.5 gallons per square yard of the emulsion to said area.    
     
     
         2 . The mixture of  claim 1  wherein said mixture is applied as a layer of a stabilized road base.  
     
     
         3 . The mixture of  claim 2  wherein said emulsion is of a resin base;  
     
     
         4 . The mixture of  claim 2  wherein said emulsion is of an asphalt base.  
     
     
         5 . The mixture of  claim 2  wherein said road based includes at least one of dirt, gravel, and sand roads, and wherein said fly ash includes limestone.  
     
     
         6 . The mixture of  claim 5  wherein said fly ash includes dry fly ash.  
     
     
         7 . The mixture of  claim 5  wherein said fly ash includes coal ash.  
     
     
         8 . The mixture of  claim 5  wherein said fly ash includes bottom ash.  
     
     
         9 . A stabilized road base, comprising: 
 a first layer comprising ash and an emulsion; and    a second layer comprising a roadbed.    
     
     
         10 . The road base of  claim 9  wherein said first layer is a mixture of at least said ash and said emulsion, and said ash includes ash from coal with limestone.  
     
     
         11 . The road based of  claim 9  wherein said first layer includes an ash layer and an emulsion layer.  
     
     
         12 . The road based of  claim 10  wherein said ash includes fly ash.  
     
     
         13 . The road based of  claim 12  where said roadbed is a tilled roadbed that has been tilled to a depth of at least 4 inches.  
     
     
         14 . The roadbed of  claim 13  wherein said first layer is over second layer.  
     
     
         15 . The roadbed of  claim 14  wherein said emulsion includes a resin base.  
     
     
         16 . The roadbed of  claim 14  wherein said emulsion includes an asphalt base.  
     
     
         17 . A process for stabilizing a road base, comprising: 
 tilling a roadbed soil;    blending in ash;    introducing a site specific quantity of an emulsion; and    grading and roller compacting said road bases.    
     
     
         18 . The process of  claim 17  where said roadbed soil is tilled to a depth of approximately 4-6 inches.  
     
     
         19 . The process of  claim 17  wherein approximately 10-25% coal combustion fly ash is blended into said roadbed soil, and said ash including ash from coal with limestone.  
     
     
         20 . The process of  claim 19  wherein said roadbed soil is an existing roadbed soil.  
     
     
         21 . A process for stabilizing a road, comprising: 
 mixing 5% to 50% of dry fly ash per square yard and an of the emulsion to the same area; and    applying said mixture to the road.    
     
     
         22 . The process of  claim 21  wherein said road includes one of a dirt, gravel, or sand road, and said ash including ash from coal with limestone.  
     
     
         23 . A mixture for deterring insects, the mixture comprising: 
 ash; and    an emulsion.    
     
     
         24 . The mixture of  claim 23 , where said ash includes fly ash, wherein a ratio of said mixture is formed with one part fly ash with a sufficient amount of a 50% emulsion to create a mixture consistent with flowable concrete.