Ganesan, K. and Rajagopal, K. and Thangavel, K. (2007) Evaluation of bagasse ash as supplementary cementitious material. Cement & Concrete Composites, 29. pp. 515-524. ISSN 0958-9465

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Abstract

The utilization of waste materials in concrete manufacture provides a satisfactory solution to some of the environmental concerns and problems associated with waste management. Agro wastes such as rice husk ash, wheat straw ash, hazel nutshell and sugarcane bagasse ash are used as pozzolanic materials for the development of blended cements. Few studies have been reported on the use of bagasse ash (BA) as partial cement replacement material in respect of cement mortars. In this study, the effects of BA content as partial replacement of cement on physical and mechanical properties of hardened concrete are reported. The properties of concrete investigated include compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, water absorption, permeability characteristics, chloride diffusion and resistance to chloride ion penetration. The test results indicate that BA is an effective mineral admixture, with 20% as optimal replacement ratio of cement.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bagasse ash; Blended cement; Concrete; Compressive strength; Transport properties
Subjects:	Corrosion Science and Engineering
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	ttbdar CECRI
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2012 17:40
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2012 17:40
URI:	http://cecri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/581

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