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2017 Vol.8, Issue 4
Utilization of nano agricultural waste to improve the workability and early strength of concrete
Wan Nur Firdaus Wan Hassan1*
,
Mohamed A. Ismail1
,
Hanseung Lee2
,
Mohd Warid Hussin3
,
Mohammad Ismail3
,
Jitendra Kumar Singh4
,
,
,
,
,
1Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University
2Department of Architectural Engineering, Hanyang University
3Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
4Department of Architectural Engineering, Hanyang University
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
December 2017. pp. 316-331
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Abstract

The utilization of nanoform of agricultural waste as supplementary cementitious material is now widely investigated in cement research area. The nanoparticles in the concrete can be as nuclei for cement phases which further promote the cement hydration due to their high reactivity and act as filler to densify the microstructure. In this study, the waste from the palm oil mill was collected and transformed to the nano form by using high energy ball milling. The process of developing nano POFA by using high energy ball milling is referred to as process of top to bottom approach in nano processing technique. In this research, the nano POFA was used as replacement with cement by 1-3% in the concrete mix that also contained cement replacement of 10-30% weight of micro POFA. The effect of the inclusion of the nano POFA and micro POFA as cement replacement material in concrete mix was investigated. Workability of fresh concrete increased at 4-7% addition of inclusion of nano particles as well as the compressive, tensile and flexural strengths at the early age of concrete.

Keywords
nano
palm oil fuel ash
workability
early strength
compressive strength
tensile strength
flexural strength

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  • Publisher :Sustainable Building Research Center (ERC) Innovative Durable Building and Infrastructure Research Center
  • Publisher(Ko) :건설구조물 내구성혁신 연구센터
  • Journal Title :International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development
  • Volume : 8
  • No :4
  • Pages :316-331
  • Received Date : 2017-10-25
  • Accepted Date : 2017-12-01
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22712/susb.20170030
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