Effects of Calcium Carbide Residue–Fly Ash Binder on Mechanical Properties of Concrete
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 22, Issue 11
Abstract
This study investigated the use of two kinds of waste from landfills, calcium carbide residue and fly ash, as a low emission concrete binder. Calcium carbide residue is a by-product of an acetylene gas production process, and fly ash is a by-product of a thermal power plant. Ground calcium carbide residue (CR) was mixed with original fly ash (OF) or ground fly ash (GF) at a ratio of 30:70 by weight and was used as a binder to cast concrete without portland cement. The effects of fly ash finenesses and water to binder ratios of CR-OF and CR-GF concretes on setting times, compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, and splitting tensile strength were investigated. The results indicated that CR-OF and CR-GF mixtures could not only be used as a new binder in concrete but could also help reduce environmental problems associated with emissions. Without the use of portland cement, CR-GF concrete yielded compressive strengths of 28.4 and 33.5 MPa at 28 and 90 days, respectively. In addition, lower ratio and high fineness of fly ash produced higher compressive strength of the concrete. The hardened concretes produced from CR-OF and CR-GF mixtures had mechanical properties similar to those of control samples made from normal portland cement concrete.
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Acknowledgments
The writers gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) under TRF Senior Research Scholar, Grant No. UNSPECIFIEDRTA5080020 and the Commission on Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Thailand. Thanks are also extended to the National Research Council of Thailand.UNSPECIFIED
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 22 • Issue 11 • November 2010
Pages: 1164 - 1170
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Received: Jul 21, 2009
Accepted: May 7, 2010
Published online: May 13, 2010
Published in print: Nov 2010
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