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PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CONCRETE BY STICKY RICE AND JAGGERY

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Shriram N. Bengal; Dr. Sujesh Ghodmare; Chittaranjan B. Nayak
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si5.299

Abstract

The present paper summarizes partial replacement of cement by sticky rice and jaggery. These eco-friendly construction materials are blended with cement and limestone to enhance the compressive strength and workability. Also it diminishes the water-cement ratio. Concrete is an artificially manufactured construction material used on a large scale all over the world. Concrete is a composite material consisting of cement, fine aggregate and coarse aggregates. The ingredients of cement are expensive and create a bad impact on the environment due to the hazardous emission of carbon dioxide in the troposphere. The concrete industry has an overabundance of adverse impressions on the environment. To enhance the quality of construction work and curtail the cost of construction and carbon emission, sticky rice, jaggery plays a crucial role. Addition of jaggery in the concrete improves the compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength. Jaggery has excellent binding properties as well as it can improve workability when added to concrete hence used as an admixture in cement concrete. This review paper also insights that scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of sticky rice pulp revealed that sticky rice is having strong binding property and also improves adhesion property.

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