scholarly journals AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT WITH MARBLE POWDER

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57
Author(s):  
Dalila Boucherit ◽  
Farid Debiebt ◽  
Said Kenai ◽  
Maroua Amina Khalfaoui ◽  
Sara Chellali

Aims: To produce a low environment impact concrete by recycling waste brick and waste marble. Background: Marble and brick wastes are produced as a byproduct during manufacturing or cutting processes. These materials could be used as a substitution to cement in mortar and concrete to reduce its environmental impact. Objective: To study the performance of self-compacting mortar with marbles and brick powders at the fresh and hardened states. Results: It is an experimental investigation where two Blaine finenesses of marble and brick powders were used. Rheological, mechanical and physical properties of the new composites were studied. Results: The results show that for optimal workability and compressive strength of SCM, the maximum percent of substitution must not exceed 5% for brick powder, whereas for marble powder it can reach up to 20% according to the fineness of powder. The incorporation of brick and marble powders separately decreases the shrinkage of SCM and the combination of both powders has a positive effect on its sorptivity coefficient and total shrinkage. Conclusion: Maximum 5% and 20% of brick and marble powder respectively are recommended for optimal properties of self-compacting mortar.


Concrete is the most essential construction materials in all over the world. It is necessary to search the cheaply obtainable material as admixture which might be partially replaced cement in the production of concrete. This project is an experimental investigation of the neem leaves ash as partial replacement for cement also fly ash is used for partial replacement of cement. The neem leaves were dried, burnt and heated in the furnace to produce Neem leaves Ash, which was discovered to posses Pozzolanic properties.the ordinary Portland cement was replaced by neem ash by 5%,10%,15%,20% and 25% by weight also flash replaced by 15%,20%,25% and 30% the cubes were crushed to know the comparative strength of the concrete at different curing days. The last result showed that workability and strength properties of the concrete was depended on water cement ratio, total days of curing, the percentage of replacement of Neem leaves ash for OPC . I. This project it was noticed that the result of 5% NLA and 15% fly ash and 10% NLA and 20% of fly ash were gradually increasing the strength at 28 days. Neem leaves play a vital role and behaviour of Neem leaves ash and flash used concrete will be studied


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