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Bricks have been regarded as one of the most durable and strongest building materials used throughout history. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the behavior of bricks manufactured using waste material like paper industry waste sludge. The objective of this work is to study the stabilization and solidification of industry sludge and then to study the engineering behavior of brick made from it. This paper presents an experimental investigation performed to check the feasibility of using paper sludge waste to reduce the quantity of clay, as there is a greater shortage of clay in many parts of the world. To begin, XRF characterization of paper sludge has been carried out. The bricks were prepared by paper sludge with varying compositions, with reduced quantity of clay from 10 to 50%. After performing various tests, it has been observed that these waste material bricks are lightweighted, sound, corrosion resistant, and strong in compression.
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Authors are thankful to the Himachal Pradesh State Council of Science Technology and Environment for providing the financial assistance to carry out this research.
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Bhushan, B., Grover, U., John, S., Kanwar, V.S. (2020). Feasibility of Using Paper Industry Sludge Containing Calcium Carbonate in Manufacturing Bricks. In: Shukla, S., Barai, S., Mehta, A. (eds) Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Geotechnical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 35. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7480-7_2
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