English Abstract Subsidized by the RIVM the firm Kansai Engineering
(Japan) had Intron (the Netherlands) carry out an experimental investigation
to prove the supposed activating immobilization properties of the agent
geosta A/D. Kansai, Intron and RIVM agreed upon Kansai partially duplicating
the experiments and upon RIVM interpreting and evaluating the results,
drawing conclusions, and finally making the report. The effect of geosta
A/D was studied by comparing some chemical and physical properties of
products containing geosta A/D with reference products without geosta. The
products were made of fly-ash and bottom-slag from a municipal waste
incinerator, and cement. The studied chemical properties comprised the
determination of the composition analysis and the performance of the Dutch
standard tank leaching test according to NVN 5432. The compressive
tengstile strength and porosity were among the studied physical properties.
From the results, found by Intron, no significant difference in properties
could be shown between the products with and without geosta. From this the
conclusion must be drawn that under the chosen experimental conditions
geosta has no effect on the immobilization of products. Ageing, however
seemed to have a considerable positive effect on the leaching properties of
the products.
