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FLY ASH

HOW IS FLY ASH IS USED? CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES:-


-THE MOST COMMON USE IS AS PARTIAL REPLACEMENT FLY ASH BRICKS
FOR PORTLAND CEMENT USED IN PRODUCING CONCRETE.
-REPLACEMENT RATES NORMALLY RUN BETWEEN 20% TO -FLY ASH BRICKS MANUFACTURING UNITES CAN BE
30% BUT CAN BE HIGHER. SET UP NEARBY THERMAL POWER STATIONS
-FLY ASH REACTS AS A POZZOLAN WITH THE LIME IN CEMENT BECAUSE IT GENERATES MAIN RAW MATERIAL IN
AS IT HYDRATES AND CREATES MORE DURABLE BINDER BIG QUANTITY.
THAT HOLDS CONCRETE TOGETHER -GOOD DEMAND FOR FLY ASH BRICKS.
-AS A RESULT CONCRETE MADE WITH FLY ASH IS MORE -TECHNOLOGIES ARE ECO-FRIENDLY,REDUCES
STRONGER AND DURABLE THAN TRADITIONAL CONCRETE. WASTE AND DUST.
-COST IS REASONABLE AS COMPARE TO HOLLOW
AND CLAY BRICKS.
ADVANTAGES :-
A] IN TERMS OF USABILITY IN CONCRETE AND CEMENT
MIXING OF FLY ASH WITH CEMENT, SAND AND WATER
-HIGHER ULTIMATE STRENGTH
-INCREASED DURABILITY
-IMPROVED WORKABILITY
-INCREASED RESISTANCE TO POURING OF MORTAR INTO THE MOULD
SULPHATE ATTACK
-REDUCED SHRINKAGE
-ALMOST ZERO EMISSION OF
GREENHOUSE GASES FLY ASH BRICK MAKING
DRYING IN ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE & PRESSURE
MACHINE
B] IN TERMS OF USAGE AS FLY ASH BRICKS
-REDUCES EXCAVATION OF CLAY
-LOW COST OF BRICK AS CURING FOR A PERIOD OF 28 DAYS
COMPARED TO CLAY BRICK
-LESSER CONSUMPTION OF MORTAR
-NUMBER OF BRICKS REQUIRED PER
UNIT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION IS REMOVING FROM THE MOULDS
LESS AS DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY
IS MAINTAINED
-BETTER RESISTANCE TO WATER
DAMAGE WITH FLY ASH / WITHOUT FLY ASH BRICKS
FLY ASH
JUHILI S , SHIVANI L , MICHELLE V , GAURI K , VIRANCHI S .

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