Experimental Study on Utilization of Red Mud and Quarry Dust in Cement Mortar and Concrete

Abstract: The aim of the work is to investigate the possibility of replacing the part of Portland cement by Red mud and Fine Aggregates by. Because of storing issues, the waste negatively affects the environment. To solve this problem, an attempt was made to check the effectiveness of Red mud as a partial replacement of Portland cement. Portland cement was replaced up to 30 % Red mud by the weight of cement and checking the compressive strength of mortar. Fine aggregate was replaced up to 60% Quarry dust and evaluating its compressive and splitting tensile strength of Red mud concrete. The optimum gained after 7 and 28 days curing period was found to be 20% Red mud (for mortar) and for the combination of both Red mud and Quarry dust was found to be 20% Red mud + 40% Quarry dust(for concrete). Keywords: Red mud, Quarry dust. Title: Experimental Study on Utilization of Red Mud and Quarry Dust in Cement Mortar and Concrete Author: KIRAN KUMAR M S, RAGHAVENDRA NAIK, HARISH K S, RAMESH M International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research ISSN 2348-7607 (Online) Research Publish Journals

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