Influence of Waste Glass Powder Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Autoclaved Building Materials

Lime quartz samples in which ground quartz sand was gradually substituted with waste glass powder (GP) were obtained under hydrothermal conditions to determine the influence of GP addition on the microstructure (observed by SEM), phase composition (analyzed by XRD), and compressive strength of autoclaved building materials. An additional series containing analytical grade NaOH and no GP was formed to evaluate the effect of sodium ions on tobermorite formation and its impact on the mechanical properties of the samples. GP addition hindered the formation of tobermorite during autoclaving. Instead, a higher amount of an amorphous and semi-crystalline C–S–H phase formed, leading to the densification of the composite matrix. Nevertheless, tobermorite-like structures were found during both XRD and SEM analyses, proving that the presence of small amounts of Al3+ ions allowed, to an extent, for the stabilization of the phase despite the high sodium content. The compressive strength values indicate that the presence of alkali in the system and the resulting formation of additional portions of C–S–H have a beneficial influence on the mechanical properties of autoclaved composites. However, the effect fades with increasing glass powder content which, together with a slight expansion of the samples, suggests that at high sand substitution levels, an alkali–silica reaction takes place.

Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Geopolymer Concrete Incorporated with Hazardous Heavy Metal Waste Ash and Glass Powder

The flexural behavior of Incinerated Bio-Medical Waste Ash (IBWA) – Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS) based Reinforced Geopolymer Concrete (RGPC) beams with Waste Glass Powder (WGP) as fine aggregate is explored in this research. The fine aggregate (M-Sand) is substituted by varying the waste glass powder as 0 percent, 5 percent, 10 percent, 15 percent, 20 percent, 25 percent, 30 percent, 35 percent, 40 percent, 45 percent, and 50 percent, and the mixture is cured under atmospheric curing. The impact of the WGP weight percentage on the flexural behavior of GPC beams is analyzed. The conduct of RGPC beams varies from that of ordinary Portland Concrete (OPC) beams, which is defined and examined. Deflection, ductility factor, flexural strength, and toughness index were measured as flexural properties for beams. In contrast to the reference beams, the RGPC beams containing 50% Waste Glass Powder as fine aggregate demonstrated a major increase in cracking resistance, serviceability, and ductility, according to the experimental finding. The RGPC beam without WGP ended in failure with a brittle manner whereas those beams with WGP encountered ductile failure. The RGPC beams' load ability improved by up to 50% as the weight percentage of WGP was enhanced.

Behavior of sustainable Reactive Powder Concrete by Using Glass Powder as a Replacement of Cement

Every year, the world produces one million tons of glass garbage. Once the glass has been broken down, it is dumped in landfills, where it will remain inert for hundreds of years. glass is mainly made of silica. For long-term infrastructure development, ground glass as a partial cement substitute may be a major advance (environmentally friendly, energy-saving, and economic). Secondary calcium silicate hydrate is expected to be produced when glass waste is crushed into microscopic particles and then reacts with cement hydrate through pozzolanic interactions (C-S-H). There were experiments done on concrete utilizing (0-35 per cent) ground glass and superplasticizer, silica fume, fine sand and fibres, with the water to binder (cement + glass) ratio maintained constant for all degrees of replacement on compressive strength, modulus of elasticity and tensile strength. Steel is a fixed quantity that applies to all conceivable configurations. Concrete cube samples were made and tested for strength (28 days curing). It was discovered that the recycled glass concrete outperformed control samples in compressive strength tests. Compressive strength, tensile strength, and modulus of elasticity are all greatest in the 25 per cent glass powder. It was decided that using recycled glass trash in place of 25 per cent of the cement was a good idea because of the economic and environmental advantages.