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Investigations of Gravel Road Dust Minimization
by Applying Different Salt Solutions
Jolita Bradulienė, Saulius Vasarevičius
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Department of Environmental Protection, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University,
Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2014;23(3):943-948
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ABSTRACT
Dust on gravel roads is reduced through the application of various dust minimization materials, most frequently
calcium chloride. However, global efforts have been intensified to find new effective materials that
cause the least damage to the environmental. One of them is Safecote, a new patented product. In 2008 measurements
were performed on the gravel road Jusevičiai-Būdvietis-Derviniai, which was treated with calcium
chloride. Experiments of particulate matter concentrations in the air, when gravel road pavement was treated
with a mixture of calcium chloride and Safecote, were carried out in the summer of the same year. As the findings
of the experimental investigation of particulate matter concentrations in the air show, the concentration of
particulate matter on the gravel road treated with calcium chloride alone reached, on average, 1.90 mg/m3,
while on that treated with the mixture was 0.40 mg/m3.