Application of agriculture and an industrial by-product as a supplementary cementitious material in binary and ternary blended concrete

Abstract

The production of ordinary Portland cement [OPC] causes an environmental imbalance of nature by consuming the natural resources and releasing a very high amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Therefore it is necessary to find the substitute to cement. Bagasse ash from sugar industries and slag from steel industries are the waste product which is utilized as the supplementary cementitious materials. In this study, sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) are used to replace cement partially. The fresh and harden properties find out for the M25 grade of concrete. The experimental outcome reveals that binary concrete with 15% bagasse ash and ternary concrete with 20% bagasse ash and 5% slag had maximum strength.