Abstract
The most widely used construction material is concrete. Concrete requires a large number of ingredients. Now the time has been changed, which inspire researchers to encourage alternative materials for replacing traditional concrete-making materials. Even though the mortar makes up as minor as 7–8% of the total volume of a masonry wall and in mortar volume, the content of fine aggregate is about 85%. The sources of natural sand are depleting very fast; hence, some alternative materials have to be identified to make replacement of natural sand. One such material which can be used as replacement of natural sand for making mortar is identified as bottom ash. The present work addresses the use of bottom ash as sand in making cement mortar. Five different grades are considered for this study with different proportions of cement–bottom ash or natural sand ranging from 1:2 to 1:8. The effect of incorporating bottom ash as fine aggregates on mortar properties at different replacement level was assessed. The obtained compressive strength of altered grades of mortar is higher than that of specified as per IS 1905–1987; it shows addictive features of bottom ash to develop sustainable mortar future.
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Mahajan, L.S., Bhagat, S.R. (2020). The Contribution of Bottom Ash Toward Filler Effect with Respect to Mortar. In: Kanwar, V., Shukla, S. (eds) Sustainable Civil Engineering Practices. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 72. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3677-9_15
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