In many parts of the USA, expansive soils pose a significant hazard to infrastructures. These kinds of soils owe their characteristics to the presence of swelling clay minerals. As they get wet, they swell; conversely, as they dry, they shrink. Many stabilization methods have been developed to mitigate the adverse effects of expansive soil. One of them is the use of the ionic additive. In this research, a liquid ionic product is evaluated as a non-traditional stabilizer. Soil samples from a specific construction site in Texas and soil samples from Oklahoma were utilized. The evaluation tests involve the suction measurements, swelling, and plasticity index for treated and untreated soils. Cyclic swelling tests were also carried out on reconstituted specimens. From laboratory tests and analysis, it was found that this additive is effective in reducing swelling of both Texas and Oklahoma soils. It reduces swelling of Texas soils by 0.4–6% and Oklahoma soil by 2–7.4%. The results of swelling cycles reveal a permanent effect of this stabilizer on mitigating the swelling behavior. After the 3^rd swelling cycle, the swelling for Oklahoma soils was 5.58% lower than the natural soil, and for Texas soils, it was reduced by 6.02–8.49% for different concentrations of the additive. However, no definitive trend was observed for reducing the shrinkage potential.

在美国许多地区，膨胀土壤对基础设施构成了重大危害。这些类型的土壤归因于溶质粘土矿物的存在。当它们变湿时，它们会膨胀。相反，当它们干燥时，它们会收缩。已经开发了许多稳定方法来减轻膨胀土壤的不利影响。其中之一是使用离子添加剂。在这项研究中，液体离子产品被评估为非传统稳定剂。利用得克萨斯州特定建筑工地的土壤样品和俄克拉荷马州的土壤样品。评估测试涉及已处理和未处理土壤的吸力测量，溶胀和可塑性指数。还对复原后的标本进行了循环溶胀测试。从实验室测试和分析，发现该添加剂可有效减少德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州土壤的溶胀。它可以使德克萨斯州的土壤溶胀减少0.4–6％，俄克拉荷马州的土壤溶胀减少2–7.4％。溶胀循环的结果表明该稳定剂对减轻溶胀行为具有永久性作用。3之后^在第一个溶胀周期中，俄克拉荷马州土壤的溶胀比天然土壤低5.58％，而德克萨斯州土壤中，不同添加剂浓度的溶胀降低6.02-8.49％。然而，没有观察到降低收缩潜力的明确趋势。