Light-weight aerated concrete (LAC) is produced by making LAC involves the addition of a gas-forming admixture like aluminium powder (AP) to a wet mortar mixture. In concrete during curing, AP will react with the calcium hydroxide in the mixture to form hydrogen. The amount of gas-forming is dependent on the mechanical properties requirements. The aim of the current work was to investigate the properties of aerated concrete (AC) containing 30% fly ash and various AP content, including dry density, porosity and modulus of elasticity, as well as strengths of test specimens. The results of this study showed that when AP content increased, the density of AC decreased, but its porosity increased. Whereas an increase in the amount of AP caused a decrease in both the compressive strength, tensile strength and the modulus of elasticity of ACspecimens. The investigation of newly modified AC through combination of local by-product in Vietnam would decrease the content of Portland cement was used and as well as reduce the amounts of ash and slag TPP as well as industrial waste thrown at a landfill. Therefore, assisting the thermoelectric power plants to be more environmentally friendly in the future.
The benefits of using waste materials as a partial replacement for cement in high performance concrete are also discussed. This paper presents the combined effects of bottom ash TPP “Vung Ang” and expanded polystyrene aggregate on different the properties of light-weight concrete. Twenty different concrete mixtures with a water to cement ratio of 0.4 and superplasticizer to cement ratio of 0.015 were used. On the one hand, the EPS was partially replaced with (0 ÷ 40)% by volume of concrete mixture. On the other hand, the fine aggregate was replaced with (0 ÷ 30)% by mass of BA TPP “Vung Ang”. The engineering properties, including workability, density and compressive strength of light-weight concrete were investigated at different curing times. The level of decrease in the strength depends upon the replacement level of EPS and BA. Specifically, the concrete containing 40% EPS and 30% BA at 28 days of age decrease in average density and strength were 43.2% and 26.4%, respectively, in comparison with the control concrete.
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