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Rice husk ash blended cement: Assessment of optimal level of replacement for strength and permeability properties of concrete

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Title Rice husk ash blended cement: Assessment of optimal level of replacement for strength and permeability properties of concrete
 
Creator Ganesan, K.
Rajagopal, K.
Thangavel, K.
 
Subject Concrete corrosion
Corrosion Science and Engineering
 
Description In this study, rice husk ash (RHA) prepared from the boiler burnt husk residue of a particular rice mill has been evaluated for optimal level of replacement as blending component in cements. The physical, chemical and mineralogical characteristics of RHA were first analysed. The properties of concrete investigated include compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, water absorption, sorptivity, total charge-passed derived from rapid chloride permeability test (RCPT) and rate of chloride ion penetration in terms of diffusion coefficient. This particular RHA consists of 87% of silica, mainly in amorphous form and has an average specific surface area of 36.47 m2/g. Test results obtained in this study indicate that up to 30% of RHA could be advantageously blended with cement without adversely affecting the strength and permeability properties of concrete. Another interesting observation emanating from this study is the linear relationship that exists among water sorptivity, chloride penetration and chloride diffusion
 
Publisher Elsevier Ltd.
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://cecri.csircentral.net/51/1/018-2008.pdf
Ganesan, K. and Rajagopal, K. and Thangavel, K. (2008) Rice husk ash blended cement: Assessment of optimal level of replacement for strength and permeability properties of concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 22 (8). pp. 1675-1683.
 
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