Open AccessCharacteristics of Ordinary Portland Cement Paste Containing Rice Husk Ash and Conplast
Author(s) -
Elinwa Augustine Uchechukwu,
Johnson Olomi Olakunle,
Duna Samson
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of building material science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2630-5216
DOI - 10.30564/jbms.v4i1.4144
Subject(s) - husk , portland cement , cement , materials science , clinker (cement) , composite material , pulp and paper industry , engineering , botany , biology
An experimental investigation on rice husk ash (RHA) and Conplast SP 430 (CP-admixture) was carried out to evaluate their effects on the paste characteristics (soundness, consistency, initial and final setting times). The cement content used was 300g and the brand was ‘Ashaka’ Portland cement conforming to BS EN 12 1973. Various combinations of the mixtures OPC-RHA-CP-admixture were used to establish performance characteristics of the pastes. Statistical characteristics, and linear regression models (no-transformation, λ = 0.5, and Box-Cox transformation) were developed on the experimental data for decisions on their performances.