DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMICAL CONCRETE MIXES USING WFS AS FINE AGGREGATE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26662/ijiert.v13i6.pp1-8Keywords:
Eco-friendly, waste foundry sand, Compression strength, Water absorption.Abstract
Concrete, being a construction material, plays a significant part in this industry. The cost of using natural resources as concrete materials is significant, and it is on the edge of becoming exorbitant. These issues urge us to either restore natural resources or discover another way to solve the situation. Waste foundry sand, which is produced as a byproduct of the metal casting industry, currently creates a variety of environmental issues. The use of this waste as a building material might help to reduce environmental stress.
Foundry sand is uniformly sized, high-quality silica sand that is bound to make a mould for casting ferrous and non-ferrous metals in the metal industry. Finer sand than normal sand is used in the metal casting process of metal. When it can no longer be used, it is removed from the foundry as a waste to be disposed of as "waste Foundry Sand." The use of discarded foundry sand as a partial replacement for fine aggregate in concrete results in concrete that is cost-effective, light-weight, and strong.
Waste foundry sand must be studied and reused in order to reduce the disposal problem. The global trend of annual consumption of various forms of waste foundry sand is rapidly expanding. As a result of numerous production processes, massive amounts of waste foundry sand are produced. The objectives of this study are as follows. Researching the impact of discarded foundry sand on concrete. To investigate the experimental outcomes of substituting normal concrete for waste foundry sand concrete in compression and water absorption test.
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