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Synergic Effect of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash Based Cement on High Performance Concrete Properties

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High performance concrete (HPC) is produced in this study by utilizing the agriculture industry by-product. The usage of by-product helps to condense the disposal issues, ecological degradation and also makes the production of concrete economical. The raw sugarcane bagasse ash from sugarcane industry is processed to ensure the suitability with the properties of cement to be used in HPC. Sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) is used as binder in HPC as an alternative of ordinary Portland cement. The properties of the SCBA have been studied. Investigation were carried out experimentally on M 60 grade of high performance concrete blended with SCBA to assess the workability, strength and durability properties at different ages of curing. Three SCBA blended HPC specimens were tested for each trial and test. Test results indicate improved performance in strength and durability properties up to 15% substitution level of SCBA with ordinary Portland cement.

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Acknowledgements

The author wish to thank Dr.K Prakasan, Principal, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore for the facilities and support provided in carrying out this research work at Advanced Concrete Research Laboratory.

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Praveenkumar S- Conceptualization, Methodology and Investigation, Sankarasubramanian G- Writing- Original draft preparation, Writing- Reviewing and Editing.

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The authors wish to thank UGC, NewDelhi, for their financial support under minor research project (MRP-6458/16(SERO/UGC)).

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Praveenkumar, S., Sankarasubramanian, G. Synergic Effect of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash Based Cement on High Performance Concrete Properties. Silicon 13, 2357–2367 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00832-4

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