Bagasse Ash an Effective Replacement in Fly Ash

Abstract

Abstract: The utilization of business and agricultural waste created by industrial processes has been the main focus of waste diminution analysis for economical, environmental, and technical reasons. The waste product (Sugar-cane Bagasse ash) is already causing serious environmental pollution, which calls for urgent ways of handling the waste. In this paper, Bagasse ash has been chemically and physically characterized, and partially replaced in the ratio of 0%, 5%, 15% and 25% by weight of cement in concrete. Fresh concrete tests like compaction factor test and slump cone test were undertaken was well as hardened concrete tests like compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength and modulus of elasticity at the age of 3,7,and 28 days was obtained. Keyword: Sieving, Griding, Buring, Bagasse, Compressive test