INCORPORATION OF METAKAOLIN IN CONCRETE: A REVIEW

Concrete is the most well-known, prevalent and comprehensively used building material worldwide with its usage almost doubling the mutual utilization of other materials like wood, steel and plastics. From the beginning of researches in concrete, the researchers and scientists have always tried to utilize and incorporate various materials, which are industrial waste products or agricultural wastes into concrete in such a manner that it can provide a effective mean not only to dispose of such wastes but also effectively enhancing some properties and nature of concrete. Researchers many times tried to incorporate metakaolin with concrete so that the properties of concrete get enhanced. The use of metakaolin formerly provided a expedient means for its disposal rendered as waste, but it has been feasible to alter its properties, subsequent to its mutual use along with super plasticizer. They incorporate metakaolin in different amounts so that to find out at what amount the properties will enhance better. They also tried to incorporate metakaolin with other materials like fly ash, silica fume etc. By doing such experiments researchers got different results and conclusions.