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Influence of Rice Husk Ash on Characteristics of Earth Cement Blocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2020

Vasanthan Seevaratnam ,
Dilukshan Uthayakumar  and
Navaratnarajah Sathiparan Open the ORCID record for Navaratnarajah Sathiparan [Opens in a new window]
Vasanthan Seevaratnam
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Dilukshan Uthayakumar
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Navaratnarajah Sathiparan
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
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Abstract

This paper presents an experimental study on the characteristics of earth cement blocks with Rice Husk Ash (RHA) as a partial replacement to cement. The replacement of RHA content is limited to 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by mass of the total binder in the earth cement block. The experiments on earth cement blocks investigate the compressive strength and flexural tensile strength for mechanical properties and water absorption, sorption rate and erosion against water spray for its durability. Due to the high content of SiO2 in RHA with great reactivity, a significant increase in the compressive and flexural tensile strength of earth cement blocks was observed up to 10% RHA content. However, the durability of earth cement blocks becomes adverse with the increasing percentage of RHA replacement, but within the allowable limit. The experimental results indicate that to some extent, RHA based earth cement blocks have a significant potential for reduction in cement used in the construction industry.

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MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 54-55: Nanoscale and Quantum Materials , 2020 , pp. 2793 - 2805
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