EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON RED MUD BASED GEOPOLYMER BRICKS

Authors

  • Ananya. A PG Student at Bangalore Institute of Technology
  • Prajwala B Avarebeel PG Student at Bangalore Institute of Technology
  • M C Sambasivam PG Student at Bangalore Institute of Technology
  • Dr Aswath M U Associate professor at Amrutha Institute of Technology
  • Smita Singh PG Student at Bangalore Institute of Technology

Keywords:

Geopolymerization, Compressive Strength, Red Mud, Precuring

Abstract

The metallurgical processing of Bauxite results in production of very large quantity of red mud. Studies were
carried out on 230*100*70 mm size geopolymer bricks .Red mud, fly ash and micro silica are used as binder
material .Alkaline solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate were used in the geopolymerization
process. Red Mud was used upto 50 % as replacement for clay. Micro Silica was used for strength enhancement
.The bricks had a compressive strength of 9.456 MPa for 50% use of red mud. Water absorption was about
2.5% and showed very good resistance against sulphate environment. The advantages are: good compressive
strength, elimination of curing, 100% replacement of clay by fly ash and red mud.

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Published

2015-08-25

How to Cite

Ananya. A, Prajwala B Avarebeel, M C Sambasivam, Dr Aswath M U, & Smita Singh. (2015). EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON RED MUD BASED GEOPOLYMER BRICKS. International Journal of Advance Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, 2(8), 76–83. Retrieved from https://ijarest.org/index.php/ijarest/article/view/279

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 8 (2015): Volume: 02, Issue: 08 - August, 2015.

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