PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE MADE FROM TERNARY BLENDED CEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF ANIMAL BONE POWDER

Concrete is an important construction material and it is known that binary and ternary blended cements improve the performance of concrete. In this paper compressive, split tensile and flexural strengths of concrete made from ternary blended cement - fly Ash (FA)-metakaolin (MK) ? Portland cement (PC) in the presence of animal bone powder (BP) have been determined. Water permeability, water absorption, drying shrinkage, and chloride penetration tests have also been made and the results discussed in detail. X-ray diffraction studies have shown that animal bone powder is not a pozzolanic material. FTIR spectral studies have been performed in order to have an idea about interactions. SEM studies of hydrated samples have been made. The results have demonstrated that combination of Fly Ash, Metakaolin and Animal Bone Powder in Portland cement increased the compactness of the concrete and as a result mechanical properties are increased