Investigation on the compressive strength of ceramic tile waste as partial replacement for cement

Date

12-2015

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Nimfa Maren S. Tabucal

Abstract

The potential of the ceramic tile waste as cement replacement have been tested in this experiment. The amount of replacement for cement considered were 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%. There were 5 specimens per batch such that twenty-five specimens in total were all cured for 28 days. Twenty-five specimens were tested for workability and compressive strength. The highest slump was observed from the control specimen with 84 mm while the lowest slump was from the 20% replacement with 58 mm. It was observed that the percent replacement increases, the slump decreases. This may be due to the high water absorption property of ceramics. The result of the compressive strength test that showed the 5% replacement has the highest strength with 29.44 Mpa with 1.37 difference from the control specimen. Only the 5% replacement had greater compressive strength that the control specimen even though its increase is not significant. At 20% replacement, its strength was significantly lower than the other mixes that yielded 16.28 Mpa with a difference of -11.79 from the control specimen. The decrease of compressive strength in higher percent replacement may also be due to high moisture absorption of ceramics.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2015 E63 /F54

Document Type

Thesis

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