Performance of Composite Building Materials using Granite Slurry, Earth Blocks, and Ferrock

Abstract

Granite sludge is a byproduct of the cutting and polishing of dimension stones that results in a waste product. This investigation focuses on using granite slurry from Byrathi village as a partial replacement for sand used in soil regrading to manufacture stabilized earth blocks, replaced with 0,10% granite sludge to test their engineering properties as an alternative to the more common granite dust. The adoption of granite slurry recycling in the construction industry would not only alleviate the problem of disposing of large amounts of granite slurry. Still, it would also lead to a cleaner environment. In making ferrock, carbon dioxide reacts with scrap steel dust and ground glass to produce silica, then put into a mould and solidified. Ferrock, which is stronger and more flexible than regular Portland cement, may be utilized in highly active locations where seismic activity is a concern because 95 percent of it is derived from recycled materials. It shows how bricks created from all of these waste materials work.