ABSTRACT

Keywords: Durability, graphene oxide, bottom ash, water absorption, acid resistance,
salt resistance, sorpitivity.

The project is to study about the strength and durability of concrete by using the
graphene oxide (GO) and bottom ash (BA) as replacement of cement and fine aggregate.
The scope of the present study is to investigate the effect of mineral admixture
graphene oxide (GO) and by-products bottom ash (BA) towards the performance of
concrete. The study shows that, based on M30 grade concrete the cement/fine
aggregate weight ratio is to be replaced with graphene oxide from 0.1% & 0.2% and the
bottom ash is to be varied in proportion 0%, 20%, 40% & 60% by its weight of natural
fine aggregates in the concrete. In this study use of low water cement ratio to conduct
the experiment. The durability studies such as water absorption, acid resistance, salt
resistance and sorpitivity should be conducted. From the experimental investigation, it
was observed that mineral admixture of graphene oxide and industrial by-products of
bottom ash plays a vital role in improving the durability parameter itself.