DURABILITY STUDIES OF GRAPHENE OXIDE AND BOTTOM ASH BASED CEMENT MORTAR
Keywords:
graphene oxide, bottom ash, water absorption, acid resistance, salt resistance, sorpitivity.Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to study the durability of cement mortar by using the graphene oxide (GO) and the bottom ash (BA) to replace natural fine aggregate in the cement mortar products. The scope of the present study is to investigate the effect of mineral admixture graphene oxide (GO) and by-products bottom ash (BA) towards the performance of cement mortar. The study shows that, based on the 1:3 and 1:5 cement/fine aggregate weight ratio while the graphene oxide is to be varied in proportion 0.1% & 0.15% and the bottom ash is to be varied in proportion 0%, 20%, 40% & 60% by its weight of natural fine aggregates in the cement mortar. In this study use high water cement ratio to conduct the experiment, in which the water cement ratio for 1:3 and 1:5 is 0.625 and 0.85. The
durability studies such as water absorption, acid resistance, salt resistance and sorpitivity were conducted. From the experimental investigation, it was observed that mineral admixture of graphene oxide and industrial by-products of bottom ash plays a vital role in improving the durability parameter itself.
