strong>An Emprical Study on Substituting Sugarcane Bagasse Ash Aor a Portion of Cement in Mortar
Authors:-S.Gowtham, R.C.Haniska, C.Haniskaa, R.Pradheepa
Abstract-We are aware that a lot of damage is done to environment in the manufacture of cement. It involves lot of carbon emission associated with other chemicals. The researches has shown that every one ton of cement manufacture releases half ton of carbon dioxide, so there is an immediate need to control the usage of cement. The hand materials wastes such as Sugar Cane Bagasse Ash is difficult to dispose which in return is environmental Hazard. The Bagasse ash imparts high early strength to mortar and also reduce the permeability of mortar. The Silica present in the Bagasse ash reacts with components of cement during hydration and imparts additional properties such as chloride resistance, corrosion resistance etc. Therefore the use of Bagasse ash in concrete not only reduces the environmental pollution but also enhances the properties of mortar and also reduces the cost. It makes the mortar more durable. This project mainly deals with the replacement of cement with Bagasse ash in fixed proportions and analysing the effect of SCBA blended mortar. The concrete mix designed by varying the proportions of Bagasse ash for 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30% the cubes are been casted and cured in normal water for ages of 7, 14 and 28 days. The test result indicate that the strength of mortar increase up to 10% Sugar cane bagasse ash replacement with cement.
