AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON BAGASSE ASH IN HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE

Abstract

Now India is the second largest in major sugar producing countries after Brazil. Due to that there is increase in
bagasse as a by product from the sugar mill. Bagasse is the fibrous residue of sugar cane after crushing and
extraction of juice. Sugar cane bagasse ash is the waste product of the combustion of bagasse for energy in sugar
factories. Sugar cane bagasse ash is disposed of in landfills and is now becoming an environmental burden..
Bagasse ash mainly contains aluminum ion and silica. In this paper, Bagasse ash has been chemically and
physically characterized, and partially replaced in the ratio of 0%, 5% and 15% by weight of cement in
M60 grade concrete. Fresh concrete tests like compaction factor test and slump cone test are undertaken
as well as hardened concrete tests like compressive strength, flexural strength at the age of 7 and 28
days is obtained. From the results we can conclude that with the 5% of the replacement of the cement with
SCBA, the required strength achieved.as the replacement of bagasse ash increasing in high strength, the
compressive and flexural strength is decreased.