Experimental Investigation on Performance of Ferrock Concrete

Abstract

Today, the construction of buildings and infrastructure has increased as a part of development, resulting in a significant demand for concrete and cement. The large-scale production of cement and extraction of river sand can have negative impacts on environment and depletion of natural resources. Due to the production of 1 ton of cement produces 0.9 ton of CO2 emissions. To mitigate this pollution a green substance called as FERROCK (Iron dust 60%, Flyash20%, Metakaolin 10%, Lime powder 8%, Oxalic acid 2%) is used as a partial replacement of cement with selected ratio (10%, 20%, and 30%) by weight of cement. This study includes the complete replacement of river sand with M sand (85%) and glass powder (15%) to reduce the usage of natural sand (river sand) for the selected grades of concrete M40, M60 by performing the mechanical and durability test on the designed concrete grades with selected ferrock ratios, the mechanical and durability properties were enhanced with 20% ferrock replacement by weight of cement in concrete.