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Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities

Vol. 6, No. 8, August 2016, pp. 696-715.

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DOI NUMBER:10.5958/2249-7315.2016.00643.2
Category:Science and Technology

Optimization of Cement Concrete using Eggshell Powder

K. Sargunan*; S. Senthil Kumar**
*Department of Civil Engineering,
K. S. R. College of Engineering,
Tiruchengode, India.
**Department of Civil Engineering,
K. S. R. College of Engineering,
Tiruchengode, India.

Abstract
Cement plays a vital role in this modern world. In fact high energy consumption is required to
manufacture and transport the cement and causes air pollution including the release of greenhouse
gases (Eg: carbon dioxide, SO2 and particulates.). To reduce the above effect considerably and to
utilize the egg shell - derived as waste from industries, egg shell powder (ESP) is made as
replacement for cement in concrete. As the egg shell waste is a serious matter in the egg-breaking
industry, companies are paying more a year to dispose egg shell in landfills and the fills too had
reached its capacity. The considered ESP is tried with cement in concrete so as to find its potential
utility. Here an attempt was made to evaluate the effect of incinerated egg shell powder (IESP) and
raw egg shell powder as a partial cement replacement. The initial setting time of cement concrete
observed to be increases when cement replaced with egg shell powder. The effects of ESP with
concrete in both the form were determined with 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% cement replacement.
Also from the preliminary study it can be confessed that egg shell powder is considered as useful
supplementary material in sustainable concrete production.

Keywords: Egg shell powder, Incinerated egg shell powder, Conventional concrete, Eggshell
mash, Industrial waste.

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