Use of Kadappa Waste as a Resource Material for Building Construction

III. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lime is calcium containing inorganic materials. Strictly
speaking, lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. It is
A. Fly Ash also the name of the natural mineral (native lime) of the
Fly ash (FA) obtained from Thermal power plant, Mettur CaO composition which occurs as a product of coal seam
Salem district, Tamilnadu state, India confirming to IS: fires and in altered limestone xenoliths in volcanic eject
3812-1981 used in this study. Its specific gravity is 2.00 .The word "lime" originates with its earliest use as building
2.05. The chemical and physical properties are shown in
Table 1 and 2.
C. Kadappa Waste
Values in
Kadappa wastes used in this study are of small aggregate
S.No. Properties Percentage
form. It is obtained after sieving i.e. wastes which passes
(%)
through 10 mm IS sieve and retained on 4.75 mm IS sieve.
Silicon di Oxide (SiO2) + Physically, kadappa wastes are quite impervious, hard rock
of sedimentary nature. The properties of kadappa waste are
Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) +
1 88.60 shown in Table 3 as per Industry technical data. The various
iron Oxide (Fe2O3), % by
compositions of kadappa stone and its wastes are shown in
Mass, Min table 4. Fig. 1 shows the crushed kadappa waste.
Silicon di Oxide (SiO2), % by
2 54.92 S.No. Properties Values
mass, Min

Reactive Silica in %, by mass, 1 Hardness

3 28.6 scale
Min
2 Density 2.5 to 2.65 Kg/m3
Magnesium Oxide (MgO), %
4 2.82 Compressive 1800 to 2100
by Mass, Max 3
strength kg/cm3
Total sulphur as sulphur
5 trioxide (SO3), % by mass, 3.16 4 Water Absorption Less than 1 %
max

Available alkalis as sodium Table 3: Physical properties of kadappa waste

6 0.97 S.No. Composition Values in
oxide (Na2O) % By mass, Max
Percentage %
Total Chlorides in % by Mass, 1 Lime (CaO) 38 42
7 0.010
Max
2 Silica (SiO2) 20 25
Loss on ignition, % by mass, 3 Alumina (Al2O3) 2 4
8 1.19
max
4 Other oxides like Na, 1.5 2.5
Table 1: Chemical Properties of Fly Ash Mg
5 Loss of ignition 30 32
S.No. Properties Values
Table 4: Composition of Kadappa waste
1 Normal Consistency 30

2 Initial Setting Time 230

3 Final Setting Time 355

Soundness (by
4 0.6 mm
Le- chatlier Method)

Compressive Strength at 87
5
28 days, percent, (min) N/mm² Fig. 1 Crushed kadappa Waste
D. Water
Residue on 45 micron
6 19.42 Water is an important ingredient of bricks as it actively
(%), percent, (max)
participates in chemical
Table 2: Physical properties of Fly ash reactions with bricks.
B. Lime

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