Utilization of Marble Powder in Making of Cement Concrete and Analysis of Its Strength Characteristics

Cement clinker production is a high energy, resource intensive process that contributes significantly to annual global detrimental greenhouse gas emissions. Reduced clinker content in the manufacture of concrete by partial substitution of cement with supplemental cementitious materials is one possible technique to alleviate environmental difficulties or problems associated with cement based materials. Quarrying typically generates a large amount of waste. In general, processed quarrying production accounts for 30 of total stone removed, whereas waste quarrying trash and processing waste accounts for 70 of total stone extracted during this procedure. This wastage not only causes financial losses but also produces environmental issues, so in this experimental inquiry programme, we partially substitute the cement with marble dust in varied percentages, i.e. 0 , 5 , 10 , and 15 . In this project, we make concrete samples with varied mixes containing different percentages of marble dust. We execute several tests on these prepared samples, such as compressive strength testing, split tensile strength testing, and flexural strength testing. When we compared the test results of the prepared samples to conventional concrete, we discovered that with a partial replacement level of cement of up to 10 by marble dust, all physical properties such as compressive strength, split tensile strength, and flexural strength increased. Manish Kumar | Hirendra Pratap Singh | Rakesh Sakale "Utilization of Marble Powder in Making of Cement Concrete and Analysis of Its Strength Characteristics" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3 , April 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49749.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/civil-engineering/49749/utilization-of-marble-powder-in-making-of-cement-concrete-and-analysis-of-its-strength-characteristics/manish-kumar