Experimental Study on Silica Fume & Marble Dust Partially Replaced by Cement and Fine Aggregates

Author(s):

Tausif Kauswala , A D Patel Institute of Technology; Divyarajsinh Solanki, A D Patel Institute of Technology; Hiren Nasit, A D Patel Institute of Technology; Anil Kantariya, A D Patel Institute of Technology; Swastik Bhat, A D Patel Institute of Technology

Keywords:

Silica Fume, Marble Dust, Compression Test, Flexure Test, Split Tensile Test etc.

Abstract:

Construction field requires lot of construction materials like cement, sand, and aggregates etc. In present days it is very important to reduce the cost of building materials. Cement cost is day to day increasing very high so that only governments and rich people can afford construction. The development of new and cheaper materials that can fully or partially replace cement in civil engineering construction will be useful for decreasing the cost. The use of silica fume had major impact on industries, Natural river sand is one of the key ingredients of concrete, is becoming expensive due to excessive cost of transportation from sources. Also large scale depletion of sources creates environmental problems. Unfortunately, production of cement also involves large amount of carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere, a major contributor for greenhouse effect and the global warming. To overcome these problems there is a need of cost effective, alternative and innovative materials. So here, a comprehensive effort is made to partially replace the natural river sand by marble dust and cement by silica fume. In this research work, 30% marble dust is used as a replacement of Fine aggregates and simultaneously 0%,5%,10%,15%,20% and 25% cement is replaced with silica fume and properties like Density, Compression test, flexural test and split tensile test is obtained.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV5I10020
Published in	:	Volume : 5, Issue : 10
Publication Date	:	01/05/2019
Page(s)	:	66-70

Download Article