BASIC PROPERTIES OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE BY USING INDUSTRIAL BY PRODUCT (FLY ASH)

In the recent past the utilization of the concrete is increasing in the construction industry throughout the world. Presently this industry is facing shortage of natural granite aggregate due to abundant usage of natural resources. Hence due to scarcity as well as rising cost of raw materials, the concrete technologists must search for some alternate to the aggregate. In this study an attempt has been made whether any artificially manufactured lightweight aggregate can be produced from industrial by-products such as Fly ash or not. This led to the wide spread research on using viable waste materials from industrial by products