Strength and Durability Performance of Hybrid Alkaline Clay Brick Waste –Coconut Shell Ash Cement

Hybrid Alkaline Cement (HAC) has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and improve concrete structure. The durability of a hybrid alkaline mortar made from a mixture of calcined clay brick waste (CBW) and coconut shell ash (CSA) was compared with that of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and poz...

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Main Authors: Victor Kiptoo Mutai, Mike Otieno, Joseph M. Marangu, Fredrick Mulei Mutunga, Najya Muhammed, Festus Ngui
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Published: Yildiz Technical University 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4469503
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Mike Otieno
Joseph M. Marangu
Fredrick Mulei Mutunga
Najya Muhammed
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description Hybrid Alkaline Cement (HAC) has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and improve concrete structure. The durability of a hybrid alkaline mortar made from a mixture of calcined clay brick waste (CBW) and coconut shell ash (CSA) was compared with that of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and pozzolanic Portland cement (PPC), which are the two common types of Portland cement. In an open furnace, CSA was obtained by burning coconut shells collected from Kilifi County, Kenya. At the same time, CBW was sampled from brick production and construction sites in Kibwezi sub-county, Kenya, and ground using a laboratory ball mill. Various cement blends were prepared by mixing different mass ratios of OPC:CSA: CBW and activated with 0.5 M and 2 M Sodium sulfate solutions, maintaining a solution-to-cement ratio of 0.5. Control mortar prisms were cast using distilled water and cured in distilled water. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) was used for correlation analysis. Compressive strength development, water sorptivity, Porosity, oxygen permeability index, and thermal resistance were investigated for durability properties. Accelerated chloride ingress and chloride ion diffusion coefficients were determined. Results show that alkali-activated samples exhibited lower sorptivity, Porosity, chloride ingress, and higher compressive strength, oxygen permeability index, and thermal resistance than the cement mix prepared with water. The mix designs 5-1-4, 5-4-1, 3-1-6, and 3-6-1 demonstrated a decreasing optimum performance comparable to OPC in that order. The formulation 5-1-4, prepared with 2 M Sodium sulfate, showed the highest durability in all tests. Moreover, mortar durability was highly influenced by the amount of cement substituted, the kind of precursor, and the concentration of alkali activator.
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spelling doaj-art-e96168e99f964ad7a27d33a76fd3e7cd2025-01-05T06:44:27ZengYildiz Technical UniversityJournal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies2458-973X2024-12-019437439010.47481/jscmt.1607846252Strength and Durability Performance of Hybrid Alkaline Clay Brick Waste –Coconut Shell Ash CementVictor Kiptoo Mutai0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7896-5566Mike Otieno1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6667-4073Joseph M. Marangu2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-602XFredrick Mulei Mutunga3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-7217Najya Muhammed4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3119-0217Festus Ngui5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-7113Department of Geoscience, University of PadovaSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of the WitwatersrandDepartment of Chemistry, Pwani UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Pwani UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Pwani UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, Pwani UniversityHybrid Alkaline Cement (HAC) has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and improve concrete structure. The durability of a hybrid alkaline mortar made from a mixture of calcined clay brick waste (CBW) and coconut shell ash (CSA) was compared with that of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and pozzolanic Portland cement (PPC), which are the two common types of Portland cement. In an open furnace, CSA was obtained by burning coconut shells collected from Kilifi County, Kenya. At the same time, CBW was sampled from brick production and construction sites in Kibwezi sub-county, Kenya, and ground using a laboratory ball mill. Various cement blends were prepared by mixing different mass ratios of OPC:CSA: CBW and activated with 0.5 M and 2 M Sodium sulfate solutions, maintaining a solution-to-cement ratio of 0.5. Control mortar prisms were cast using distilled water and cured in distilled water. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) was used for correlation analysis. Compressive strength development, water sorptivity, Porosity, oxygen permeability index, and thermal resistance were investigated for durability properties. Accelerated chloride ingress and chloride ion diffusion coefficients were determined. Results show that alkali-activated samples exhibited lower sorptivity, Porosity, chloride ingress, and higher compressive strength, oxygen permeability index, and thermal resistance than the cement mix prepared with water. The mix designs 5-1-4, 5-4-1, 3-1-6, and 3-6-1 demonstrated a decreasing optimum performance comparable to OPC in that order. The formulation 5-1-4, prepared with 2 M Sodium sulfate, showed the highest durability in all tests. Moreover, mortar durability was highly influenced by the amount of cement substituted, the kind of precursor, and the concentration of alkali activator.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4469503alkali activatorclay brick wastecoconut shell ashdurabilityhybrid alkaline mortarsodiumsulphate
spellingShingle Victor Kiptoo Mutai
Mike Otieno
Joseph M. Marangu
Fredrick Mulei Mutunga
Najya Muhammed
Festus Ngui
Strength and Durability Performance of Hybrid Alkaline Clay Brick Waste –Coconut Shell Ash Cement
Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies
alkali activator
clay brick waste
coconut shell ash
durability
hybrid alkaline mortar
sodiumsulphate
title Strength and Durability Performance of Hybrid Alkaline Clay Brick Waste –Coconut Shell Ash Cement
title_full Strength and Durability Performance of Hybrid Alkaline Clay Brick Waste –Coconut Shell Ash Cement
title_fullStr Strength and Durability Performance of Hybrid Alkaline Clay Brick Waste –Coconut Shell Ash Cement
title_full_unstemmed Strength and Durability Performance of Hybrid Alkaline Clay Brick Waste –Coconut Shell Ash Cement
title_short Strength and Durability Performance of Hybrid Alkaline Clay Brick Waste –Coconut Shell Ash Cement
title_sort strength and durability performance of hybrid alkaline clay brick waste coconut shell ash cement
topic alkali activator
clay brick waste
coconut shell ash
durability
hybrid alkaline mortar
sodiumsulphate
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4469503
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