THE EFFECT OF WASTE INCINERATION BOTTOM ASH CONTENTS REPLACEMENT OF SAND ON PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MORTARS
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Abstract
This study is to investigate the use of waste incineration bottom ash to replace natural sand in the production of mortar. Mortar mixtures were designed with a flow diameter of 175÷205 mm, using cement, fly ash, and silica fume as binder materials, and using waste incineration bottom ash to replace 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% natural sand by weight. Test results indicated that unit weight, compressive strength, flexural strength, and ultrasonic pulse velocity of mortars decreased, while water absorption increased with increasing waste incineration bottom ash content. All mortars using waste incineration bottom ash had satisfactory quality with compressive strength higher than 30 MPa and ultrasonic pulse velocity higher than 3000 m/s. This study proved that with the presence of silica fume in the mortar mix proportion, waste incineration bottom ash can be used to replace natural sand up to 100% in producing mortar.
Keywords
Waste incineration bottom ash, natural sand, silica fume, mortar, compressive strength.