1PG Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Prist University, Trichy-Thanjavur Highway, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Prist University, Trichy-Thanjavur Highway, Vallam, Thanjavur, India
Online published on 31 October, 2017.
The environment problems are very common in India due to generation of industrial by-products. Due to industrialization enormous by-products are produced and to utilize these by-products is the main challenge faced in India. Due to advancement and the shortages of resources in the materials required for construction process many researches are in progress for the use of waste materials in the concrete technology. Iron slag is one of the industrial by-products from the iron and steel making industries. These Iron slag are materials which does not have a higher scrap value and are considered waste. Concrete wastes from building demolition are dumped and they cannot be recycled. They even pollute the atmosphere and are hard to dispose. In this work, the effect of iron slag and recycled aggregate in the concrete were studied. The compressive strength of the concrete cubes containing Iron slag(20, 40, 60, 80, 100%) and recycled aggregate(25, 50, 75, 100%) as partial replacements of fine aggregate and natural coarse aggregate were studied in various exposure conditions of the concrete composite. The results show that the strength of the concrete increases with the addition of iron slag. By adding recycled aggregate in a nominal percentage along with natural coarse aggregate, the strength of the concrete has better strength when compared to conventional concrete mixes and has higher physical properties.
Recycled aggregate, Iron Slag
