Researchgroup6se 4B

Universidad de Zamboanga
School of Engineering, Information and Communications

Technology
Perseverance and Selfless Service
‘’EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON COMPRESSIVE

STRENGTH OF CONCRETE USING
CIGARETTE BUTTS FIBER AS ADDITIONAL
AGGREGATES.’’
GROUP 6
BSCE SE 4B
PROPONENTS
GROUP NO. 6: BSCE SE- 4B
AZRAN A. ABDUSSALAM
ASSIS M. ALIH
ALFHADZRIE M. BARALUDDIN
AHMED RYAN A. LUTIAN
ALCRANUR A. RIKAB
MOHAMMAD S. AISAL
UNIVERSIDAD DE ZAMBOANGA
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CHAPTER I: Introduction
A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
This study seeks to strengthen the cement sector of concrete. Concrete is a
composite material that consists of cement, fine aggregate (sand), coarse
aggregate (gravel or granite), and water in a certain prescribed proportion. The
most dominant construction material is concrete, and the most collapsed
structures are concrete structures. Concrete failure still occurs despite adequate
design and mixed proportions.
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CHAPTER I: Introduction
The concrete is maintained under constant temperature and humidity for 28
days. The compressive strength test of concrete is conducted for analyzing the
effects of cigarette butts’ content on the compressive strength of concrete. At the
same time different failure forms of concrete with different content of cigarette
butts are compared.
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CHAPTER I: Statement of the Problem
This study aims to focus on the “Experimental Study on Compressive
Strength Using Cigarette Butts as Additional Aggregate.”
Specifically of this study seeks to answer the following questions:
1. What is the compressive strength of a conventional concrete cylinder 1:2:3:0.5 Mix
proportion?
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CHAPTER I: Statement of the Problem
2. What is the compressive strength concrete cylinder mix with 1 ½ kg shredded
cigarette butts for 12 cylinders as an additional fine aggregate?
3. Is there a significant difference between the compressive strength of a
conventional mixture concrete cylinder and with 1 ½ kg shredded cigarette butts
as an additional fine aggregate?

CHAPTER I: Hypothesis
• Ho – There is no significant difference between the concrete added with shredded

cigarettes butts and conventional concrete.
• Ha - There is a significant difference between the concrete added with shredded
cigarettes butts and conventional concrete.
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CHAPTER I: Significant of the Study
This study aims to enhance the compressive strength of concrete in making cigarette butts
as an additional aggregate. The study sought to work out the compressive strength of
concrete mixed with cigarette butts. Thus, this study also will help to disseminate knowledge
and data to choose between a standard mixture and a mixture with cigarette butts as
aggregates supported by their strength, durability, and/or stability. the result of this study is
going to be beneficial to the following:
• Construction Industry
This study benefits the contractors to understand the proper way of adding cigarette
butts to concrete as additional aggregates.
• Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
This study will introduce a new mixture for concrete.

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CHAPTER I: Significant of the Study
 Civil Engineering Instructors
This study helps the instructor to seek reference to educate civil
engineering students in terms of adding cigarette butts into concrete.
 Future Civil Engineering Student Researchers
This study will be useful to the future researcher’s/student to widen their
knowledge about cigarette butts’ fiber as an additional aggregate to
concrete cylinder.
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CHAPTER I: Objectives of the Study
This study aims to provide a compressive strength of a concrete using cigarette
butts fiber and help to improve the construction industry.
1. To determine the compressive strength of a conventional concrete cylinder
samples?
2. To determine the compressive strength concrete cylinder mix with 1 ½ kg
shredded cigarette butts for 12 cylinders as an additional fine aggregate?
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CHAPTER I: Objectives of the Study
3. To determine the significant difference between the compressive strength of a
conventional mixture concrete cylinder and with 1 ½ kg shredded cigarette butts as an
additional fine aggregate?
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CHAPTER I: Time and Place of the Study
The study was conducted on November 25, 2022, in Zamboanga City,
Philippines. The research experiment is planned to conduct at Material
Testing Laboratory, DPWH Region IX, Veterans extension, Zamboanga
City.
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CHAPTER I: Scope and Delimitation
This study mainly focuses on determining the compressive strength of

concrete with added cigarette butts’ fiber, and this study is going to
specifically utilize cigarette butts’ fiber only as aggregates within the concrete.
The researchers will undergo tests to understand the compressive strength of
concrete if it's mixed with cigarette butts’ fiber. 7th days, 14th days, and 28th
days of concrete are greatly evaluated. This study is accomplished with a
limited number of economic resources and a time framework.
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CHAPTER I: Definition of terms
• Cigarette butts (CBs) - A shredded cigarette butts 1½ kg as an additional
aggregate added to standard mixture of a concrete cylinder.

• Additional aggregates- The added materials to the mix proportion 1:2:3:0.5.
• Concrete Mixture- there are 2 types of mixture which are the standard mixture and
mixture with added cigarette butts. The mix proportion is 1:2:3:0.5 for standard
mixture for 9 samples and 1:2:3:1 and 1½ Kg of cigarette butts for 12 samples.
• Concrete cylinder- The tools that are used to mold concrete samples with a
dimension of 150mm x 300mm.

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CHAPTER I: Definition of terms
• Molding- is the process of pouring the concrete mixture into a cylinder
with a standard size of 150mm x 300mm.
• Curing- there are 3 stages of curing which are 7th days, 14th days, and
28th days of curing.
• Compressive strength- The maximum strength of the concrete cylinder

samples to carry loads and it is determined by using hydraulic press
machine.
• Hydraulic press machine-use to determine the compressive strength of

each of the samples of concrete cylinders according to their stages of
curing.
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CHAPTER II: Theoretical & Conceptual Framework
Theoretical Framework
This study is inspired by the theory of Karla Samantha Hernandez Pacheco, Roberto
Arroyo Matus and Sulpicio Sanchez Tizapa in 2022 titled “Concrete mixed with cigarette
butts as a proposal to minimize their waste in the environment”. It tells about how
cigarette butts help to minimize the waste in the environment and can be use into
concrete. The theory aims to demonstrate the use of cigarette butts to concrete.
FIGURE 2.1-1:
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THE CYLINDER WERE MARKED AND WEIGHED.
THE CIGARETTE BUTTS WERE POURED INTO A CONTAINER WITH

FIGURE 2.1-1: WATER AND LEFT FOR SETTLE 24 HOURS.
ANOTHER QUANTITY OF CIGARETTE BUTTS WERE BOILED WITH

WATER FOR 15 MINUTES AND THEN LEFT TO STAND FOR 24 HOURS.
24 HOURS
THE CYLINDER WERE FILLED WITH WATER AND WEIGHED.
HALF OF THE FLASK WERE FILLED WITH THE DISTILLED WATER AND
THE CIGARETTE BUTTS AFTER BOILED ALL AIR BUBBLES WERE
ELIMINATED.
THE CORRESPONDING CALCULATIONS WERE MADE.
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Conceptual Framework
The Concept below shows the overall flow of the study. The materials are
cement, fine aggregates, Cigarette Butts Fiber, and water; They are mixed in a
concrete mixer with the same concrete mix proportion to be molded, cured for 28
days, and then will be tested for each sample with different mix proportion of the
Concrete cylinder mixture on its 7th day, 14th day and 28th day of the curing period
in a Hydraulic Press Machine to determine its Compressive Strength.
FIGURE 2.2-1:
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FINE AGGREGATES, CIGARETTE BUTTS, CEMENT, WATER, &
GRAVEL

 These (5) materials Fine aggregates,
MIX
Cigarette butts, Cement, Water, &
Gravel were mixed all together. MOLD
 Then the concrete mixture and then the
researcher put it in the molding to form CONCRETE
shape into concrete cylinder to produce CYLINDER
12 pieces of concrete cylinder. CURING

 The curing period starts 24 hours after
the sample was made, after 24 hours
concrete cylinder samples were placed
into curing tank. 7 DAYS 14 DAYS 28 DAYS
 In every curing period, 3 samples each
were chosen from the concrete cylinder
samples after 7 days, 14 days and lastly COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH
28 days to evaluate the compressive
strength of each sample with each
curing stage. DATA ANALYSIS
COMPRESSIVE
UNIVERSIDAD DE ZAMBOANGA STRENGTH FIGURE 2.2-1
OUTCOME
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FINE AGGREGATES, CEMENT, WATER, & GRAVEL

MIX
 These (4) materials Fine aggregates,
Cement, Water, & Gravel were mixed all
MOLD
together.
 Then the concrete mixture was then CONCRETE
molded into concrete cylinder to produce CYLINDER
10 pieces of concrete cylinder.
CURING
 The curing period start in 24 hours after
the sample was made, after 24 hours
concrete cylinder samples were placed
into curing tank. 7 DAYS 14 DAYS 28 DAYS
 In every curing period, 3 samples each
were chosen from the concrete cylinder
samples after 7 days, 14 days and lastly COMPRESSIVE
28 days to test the compressive strength STRENGTH
of each sample with each curing stages.
DATA ANALYSIS

COMPRESSIVE
UNIVERSIDAD DE ZAMBOANGA STRENGTH FIGURE 2.2-2:
OUTCOME
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CHAPTER II: Review and Related Literature
 Cigarette butts
According to Mahmood Yousefi et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Jun- Cigarette butt (CB)
is a crucial litter in urban communities because it may contain various toxicants. Due to serious
limitations on incinerating or landfilling CB, recycling of this hazardous waste is essential.

 Concrete
According to Lane, Ruth, 1990. "Concrete Theory: An Emerging Political Method, “Concrete theory is
defined by a cluster of attributes emphasis on governmental and other political elites, on strategic
decision-making processes freed from narrow notions of economic rationality, and on a concern with the
environment and institutions within which choice occurs.
Concrete is a building material composed of large particles formed by a continuous cementitious
matrix that binds to an aggregate of fine particles (aggregate or fine aggregate or sand, and aggregate
or coarse aggregate) (Sánchez de Guzman, 1993)
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 Compressive Strength
According to Haseeb Jamal, January 29, 2017) Compressive

strength of concrete is the Strength of hardened concrete measured by
the compression test. The compression strength of concrete is a
measure of the concrete's ability to resist loads which tend to compress
it. It is measured by crushing cylindrical concrete specimens in
compression testing machine.
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RELATED STUDIES
 According to National Geographic (2018, para.5): Cigarette butts represent

between 30 and 40% of the waste collected in urban and coastal cleaning
activities. According to the Ocean Conservancy organization, throwing out a
cigarette butt can contaminate up to 50 liters of drinking water, since the filter
retains most of the nicotine and tar from the cigarette. the above cigarette
consumption not only affects the health of the person who uses it, it also
negatively impacts the environment. In addition, trees are cut down for the
manufacture of cigars, for their paper and packs.
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 The cellulose-acetate filter was added to cigarettes in the 1950s in the wake of
increasingly convincing scientific evidence that cigarettes caused lung cancer and other
serious diseases. Filters were found to reduce the machine-measured yields of tar and
nicotine in smoked cigarettes, and at first this seemed to be a healthy technological
improvement in the cigarette product. In 1966, a review by the US Public Health Service
concluded that, “The preponderance of scientific evidence strongly suggests that the
lower the ‘tar’ and nicotine content of cigarette smoke, the less harmful would be the
effect.”
 2001 Monograph 13, Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-
Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine, concluded that “Epidemiological and other scientific
evidence, including patterns of mortality from smoking-caused diseases, does not indicate
a benefit to public health from changes in cigarette design and manufacturing over the
last fifty years.”
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 2006 US Department of Justice ruling against the tobacco companies, at present

stayed and pending appeal, “bans terms including “low tar,” “light,” “ultra-light,”
“mild,” and “natural” that have been used to mislead consumers about the health
risks of smoking and prohibits the tobacco companies from conveying any
explicit or implicit health message for any cigarette brand”.
 Teixeira et al. (2016) investigated a method to recycle cigarette butts in cellulose
pulp for the paper industry; however, the management of effluent and organic
materials was found to be challenging.
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 Philip Morris (1992) USA internal memo identified cellulose acetate filters as non-
degradable material and reported that Eastman Chemical Products Company and
Celanese Fibers Company were conducting research on cellulose acetate
degradation.
 RJR scientists (1998) filed a US patent on a “degradable smoking article” that
utilized dissociable cigarette parts to accelerate disintegration by increasing
exposure of surface areas to “natural elements”. However, their research found that
the disintegrated filter components were still deposited in the environment as small
particles.
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CHAPTER III: Design and Methodology
To find out whether this experiment is feasible. The Researcher decided to evaluate the
collected 1.5 kg of cigarette butts and mixed to standard mixture then divided into 12 concrete
cylinder mold, then the experiment was performed. The experiment also included 10-cylinder mold
for standard mixture to compare the compressive strength. By providing multiple samples with
different curing stages for each mix, the experiment was able to get a better understanding of how
strong each molding really is. The plan is to break these on their 7,14 and 28-day intervals. The
Researchers selected this day in order to gather information regarding the compressive strength
during each curing period. The Researchers have the ability to average their strengths rather than
using one specific data point.
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CHAPTER II: Research Design
This research study utilized experimental quantitative research design. The researchers
aim to determine the significant difference of the compressive strength between conventional
concrete cylinder and concrete cylinder with cigarette buds by means of statistical data.
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CHAPTER II: Source of Data
All of the data needed for the study will be based on the compressive
strength test result. The researchers will test twenty-two (22) total both for
Conventional and a standard mixture with added cigarette butts. 12
experimental mixture of standard mixture with added cigarette butts
samples with a proportion (1:2:3:1:0.125) and 10 samples of a conventional
mixture that have mix proportion (1:2:3:0.5).
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Actual Proportion of Cement, Fine aggregates, Cigarette butts, Water
No. of
specimen
Fine Cigarette
to be
Cement aggregates- butts
Gravel Water
produced
Sand
Conventional 15.2 kg 34 kg 8 Liter 10
w/ CBs 18.24 kg 40.8 kg 1.5 kg 18 Liter 12
Table 1:
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Testing
Specimen Table
7 Days of Curing 14 Days of Curing 28 Days of Curing Total Specimen to

Specimen
Samples be test
9 Specimens
Conventional 3 Specimens 3 Specimens 3 Specimens
w/ CBs 3 Specimens 3 Specimens 3 Specimens 9 Specimens
Table 2:
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CHAPTER II: Data Gathering Procedure
 Collection of Cigarette Butts. The researchers collected waste cigarette butts (cigarette butts) inside
Zamboanga city, for 3 weeks.
 Shredding out the cigarette butts into pieces. After the collection of cigarette butts, prepare 1 1/2kg,
divided into 3 for the 3-cylinder test. Clean with water and let it dry for 3 days.
 Preparing other materials for the concrete mixture. The researchers provided a 150x300mm steel
cylinder mold of 22 pieces, 2 trowels for mixing, 33kg cement, 72kg sand, 117 kg gravel, 23 liters of
water, and a curing tank. Mix proportion of 1:2:3:0.5 for Conventional mixture and 1:2:3:1:0.125 With
CBs.
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CHAPTER II: Data Gathering Procedure
 Mix all the Aggregate including the cigarette butt’s fiber to a concrete mixture. After the preparation of the
materials. Prepare for another mixture, the standard mixture.
 Poured into a cylinder mold. Pour the finished mix into the first 12 cylinders with cigarette butts (cigarette
butts). And the 10 cylinders for the standard mixing. After filling the 22 cylinders, let them dry for 24 hours.
 Curing of the samples based on the specified days. Remove the concrete in the steel cylinders and label
each set with a and b, for set a with cigarette butts and set b without cigarette butts. Place them in a
container poured with water for 7 days of curing, 14 days of curing and 28 days of curing.
 Testing of the sample of concrete for the compressive strength. Testing sample of specimen base on the
specified days of curing (7 days, 14 days, and 28 days) for the compressive strength using a hydraulic
press machine.
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CHAPTER II: Statistical Treatment of Data
The statistical tool used is T-Test. The result of the compressive strength test was compared to determine
which samples with different percentage of replacement to fine aggregates and the conventional mix was
more effective.
Data Gathering Materials, Tools, Machines
• Shovel • Shredded Cigarette Butts
• Cement • Bucket with water
• Gravel • Cylinders Molder
• Sand • Hydraulic press compressive strength machine
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CHAPTER II: Compressive Strength Testing
The researchers wielded a hydraulic press compressive strength

machine from the testing laboratory located at Material Testing Laboratory,
DPWH Region IX, Veterans extension, Zamboanga City to evaluate and
gather the data from the sample to obtain the appropriate data. " Research
Instrument and the materials”
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CHAPTER IV: Result
This chapter present the results and discussions
through analysis of the data collected in the same order

Table 2:
in which each of the problems were presented.
Compressive Strength (Ave. of 3 units)
12
10
0
7 days 14 days 28 days
Conventional concrete cylinder Concrete Cylinder with cigarette butts

Summary of the Compressive Strength Test Result and Graph of Data.
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CHAPTER IV: Mixture and Proportions
The figure below illustrates the composition of the conventional shredded Cigarette butts and standard
mixture in the study. Both Cylinder samples include 1.52 kg of cement each with 0.5% of water. In regards
for the conventional mixture with sand use for the cylinder mixture, with the cigarette butts 1 .5 kg for 12
cylinder was used.
1:2:3:0.5 (Standard mixture)

Cement Sand Gravel Water
15.2 kg 34 kg 55.5 kg 8 Liter
Table 3. These are the amount of material used to make 10 concrete cylinder samples for standard mixture.
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CHAPTER IV: Mixture and Proportions
1:2:3: 1:0.125 (With cigarette butts)

Cement Sand Cigarette butts Gravel Water
18.24 kg 40.8 kg 1½ kg 66.6 kg 18 Liter
Table 4. These are the amount of material used to make 12-cylinder samples with added shredded cigarette butts.
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CHAPTER IV: Discussion
The study sought to answer the following research questions:
1. What is the compressive strength of a conventional concrete cylinder 1:2:3:0.5 Mix?
Table 5. Compressive Strength of the Concrete in the Conventional Mixture

Standard Mixture
Sample Days MPa Psi
A 5.09 738.05
B 7 3.96 574.20
C 3.39 491.55
Mean 4.15 601.27
A 7.07 1025.15
B 14 7.64 1107.80
C 7.64 1107.80
Mean 7.45 1080.25
A 10.47 1517.98
B 28 9.62 1394.90
C 10.47 1517.98
Mean 10.19 1476.95
Grand mean 7.26 1052.82
Table 5. Compressive Strength of the Concrete in the

UNIVERSIDAD DE ZAMBOANGA Conventional Mixture
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2. What is the compressive strength concrete cylinder mix with 1 ½ kg shredded
cigarette butts for 12 cylinders as an additional fine aggregate?

1.5kg shredded cigarettes butts Mixture
Sample Days MPa Psi
A 1.13 163.85
B 7 1.41 204.45
C 1.41 204.45
Mean 1.32 190.92
A 1.98 287.19
B 14 1.70 246.16
C 1.98 287.19
Mean 1.89 273.51
A 2.26 327.70
B 28 2.26 327.70
C 2.55 369.75
Mean 2.36 341.72
Grand mean 1.85 268.71
Table 6. Compressive Strength of the Concrete with 1.5 kg shredded cigarettes butts Mixture
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3. Is there a significant difference between the compressive strength of a conventional mixture
concrete cylinder and with 1 ½ kg shredded cigarette butts as an additional fine aggregate?
Hypothesis Test Summary

Null Hypothesis Test Sig. (P-value) Decision
1
There is no significant difference between the Reject the
Independent t-
additional aggregates with shredded cigarettes butts 0.000019 null
Test
concrete or a standard mixture. Hypothesis
Table 7. Result
Significance level is 0.05.
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CHAPTER V: Summary, Conclusion, and
Recommendation.
 Summary
 Conclusion
 Recommendation
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CHAPTER V: Summary
The researchers carried out an experiment based on the 7 days, 14 days, and 28 days of
conventional mixture and the 7 days, 14 days, and 28 days of mixture with cigarette butts. The study is
evaluated as quantitative experimental research and aims to distinguish the differences between
conventional mixture and mixture with cigarette butts in accordance with the DPWH located at veterans’
extension. The findings of the experiment show that the conventional mixture has a higher compressive
strength than one that also comprises additional aggregate made of cigarette butts. Despite the data being
collected, the researchers' result is null. Therefore the study was unsuccessful since there was no audible
change.
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CHAPTER V: Conclusion
The following are the findings and conclusions drawn from the research problem:
 The compressive strength test as shown in Table 5 indicates the compressive strength of the conventional
concrete, it shows that 7 days, 4.15 MPa or 601.27 psi and for 14 days, 7.45 MPa or 1080.25 psi and for 28
days mean 10.19 MPa or 1476.95 psi and the Grand mean is 7.26 MPa or 1052.85 Psi to compute the
mean and add 3 concrete samples equal the answer divided by 3, then same solve for 7 days,14 days, 28
days and then add the mean equal the answer divided by 3 and the answer is the grand mean.
 The new concrete added with shredded cigarette butts compressive strength, the result for 7 days, 1.32
MPa or 190.92 psi and 14 days, 1.89 MPa or 273.51 psi and 28 days, 2.36 MPa or 341.72psi Mean and the
1.85 MPa or 268.71 psi Grand mean to compute the mean we add 3 concrete samples equal the answer
divided by 3, the same solve for 7 days,14 days, 28 days and the we add those mean equal the answer
divided by 3 and the answer is the grand mean. This shows that the compressive strength of the
conventional cigarette is higher than the new concrete added with 1.5 kg mixture of cigarette butts. In table
2 it indicates the average of the compressive strength by days structure, and it shows that 28 days are
higher than 7 days and 14 days.
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CHAPTER V: Conclusion
 The significant difference between the compressive strength of a conventional

mixture concrete cylinder and with 1 ½ kg shredded cigarette butts as an
additional fine aggregate as show in table 3, result significant level 0.05. The null
hypothesis indicate that is no significant difference between the additional
aggregates with shredded cigarettes butts concrete or a standard mixture.
Therefore, the adding cigarette butts is failed mix into a concrete null hypothesis
indicate that it was rejected.
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CHAPTER V: Recommendation
The researchers would like to recommend the following for further improvement of the
study:
 Look for another materials mixture that could be possibly fit or add to the
compressive strength of the concrete.
 Make a lot of samples to differentiate every data point that is used in the concrete
cylinder to see which has the best result in terms of compressive strength.
 Observe proper measurement of the ingredients for an accurate outcome of the
concrete cylinder, knowing the advantages and disadvantages of the research.
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Test Results
(WITH CIGARETTE BUTTS)
7 days, 14 days, and 28 days of curing.
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Test Results
(STANDARD MIXTURE)
7 days, 14 days, and 28 days of curing.
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Documented Picture
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT USED
PREPARING FOR MATERIALS

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Documented Picture
SHREDDING CIGARETTE BUTTS
MEASURING OF MATERIALS
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Documented Picture
MIXING OF MATERIALS
MOLDING
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Documented Picture
CURING TESTING
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Documented Picture
GROUP PICTURE
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APPENDICES
• Cigarettes Butts and the Case for an Environmental Policy on Hazardous Cigarette
Waste
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697937/
• Possible Recycling of Cigarette Butts as Fiber Modifier in Bitumen for Asphalt Concrete
• Md Tareq Rahman, Abbas Mohajerani, and Filippo Giustozzi
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7040775/
• Process development for cigarette butts recycling into cellulose pulp
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956053X16305682
• Recycling Cigarettes in Concrete Jonathan Rosete California Polytechnic State
University San Luis Obispo, California
• https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/university-of-perpetual-help-system-
jonelta/environmental-engineering/recycling-cigarettes-into-concrete/33155125
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School of Engineering, Information and Communications

‘’EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON COMPRESSIVE

GROUP NO. 6: BSCE SE- 4B

composite material that consists of cement, fine aggregate (sand), coarse

aggregate (gravel or granite), and water in a certain prescribed proportion. The

most dominant construction material is concrete, and the most collapsed

design and mixed proportions.

The concrete is maintained under constant temperature and humidity for 28

effects of cigarette butts’ content on the compressive strength of concrete. At the

butts are compared.

This study aims to focus on the “Experimental Study on Compressive

Strength Using Cigarette Butts as Additional Aggregate.”

Specifically of this study seeks to answer the following questions:

1. What is the compressive strength of a conventional concrete cylinder 1:2:3:0.5 Mix

2. What is the compressive strength concrete cylinder mix with 1 ½ kg shredded

cigarette butts for 12 cylinders as an additional fine aggregate?

3. Is there a significant difference between the compressive strength of a

conventional mixture concrete cylinder and with 1 ½ kg shredded cigarette butts

as an additional fine aggregate?

• Ho – There is no significant difference between the concrete added with shredded

butts to concrete as additional aggregates.

• Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

This study will introduce a new mixture for concrete.

 Civil Engineering Instructors

This study helps the instructor to seek reference to educate civil

engineering students in terms of adding cigarette butts into concrete.

 Future Civil Engineering Student Researchers

This study will be useful to the future researcher’s/student to widen their

knowledge about cigarette butts’ fiber as an additional aggregate to

butts fiber and help to improve the construction industry.

1. To determine the compressive strength of a conventional concrete cylinder

2. To determine the compressive strength concrete cylinder mix with 1 ½ kg

shredded cigarette butts for 12 cylinders as an additional fine aggregate?

3. To determine the significant difference between the compressive strength of a

conventional mixture concrete cylinder and with 1 ½ kg shredded cigarette butts as an

additional fine aggregate?

This study mainly focuses on determining the compressive strength of

• Compressive strength- The maximum strength of the concrete cylinder

• Hydraulic press machine-use to determine the compressive strength of

THE CIGARETTE BUTTS WERE POURED INTO A CONTAINER WITH

ANOTHER QUANTITY OF CIGARETTE BUTTS WERE BOILED WITH

THE CYLINDER WERE FILLED WITH WATER AND WEIGHED.

THE CORRESPONDING CALCULATIONS WERE MADE.

in a Hydraulic Press Machine to determine its Compressive Strength.

12 pieces of concrete cylinder. CURING

According to Haseeb Jamal, January 29, 2017) Compressive

 According to National Geographic (2018, para.5): Cigarette butts represent

 2006 US Department of Justice ruling against the tobacco companies, at present

using one specific data point.

Conventional and a standard mixture with added cigarette butts. 12

experimental mixture of standard mixture with added cigarette butts

samples with a proportion (1:2:3:1:0.125) and 10 samples of a conventional

mixture that have mix proportion (1:2:3:0.5).

Conventional 15.2 kg 34 kg 8 Liter 10

w/ CBs 18.24 kg 40.8 kg 1.5 kg 18 Liter 12

7 Days of Curing 14 Days of Curing 28 Days of Curing Total Specimen to

w/ CBs 3 Specimens 3 Specimens 3 Specimens 9 Specimens

Zamboanga city, for 3 weeks.

materials. Prepare for another mixture, the standard mixture.

Data Gathering Materials, Tools, Machines

• Shovel • Shredded Cigarette Butts