EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT USING EUCALYPTUS DIE LEAVES ASH

Abstract

In this research, Cement composites have become an inevitable part of construction industry. Concrete is the most utilized material on earth next to the water. With the advent of urbanization and increase in infrastructure activities, consumption of cement concrete has escalated. The production process of one ton of cement emits about 0.7 tons of carbon dioxide into atmosphere.. Few of such products have been identified like eucalyptus die leaves ash. Thereby, the mechanical properties such as compressive strength, split-tensile strength were determined for M30 grade concrete and by varying percentage of ash content from 5%, 10% and 15% by Cement is replaced by EUCALYPTUS DIE LEAVES ASH. The mechanical properties such as compressive strength with % ashes were compared with conventional concrete properties of M30 grade. From the results it is observed that increasing % of ash in concrete increases the compressive strength of concrete.