Eco-Friendly Geopolymer Concrete Using Recycled Waste Glass As Fine Aggregate

Research Article
Parthiban B and Thirugnanasambandam S
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0911.2902
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Recycled Waste Glass Fine Aggregate (RWGFA), Geopolymer, Compressive Strength, Splitting Tensile Strength, Flexural Strength, Acid resistance.
Abstract: 

Eco-friendly environment concrete research feasibility of generating geopolymer concrete from fly ash with recycled waste glass as fine aggregate is studied. Waste glass is a non-biodegradable material and at present it is dumped on a land which becomes a highly unsustainable option. To find a better solution to reduce the environmental issues caused by disposable of waste glass, it can be used as aggregate in concrete. Recycled waste glass is potential to serve as precursor material in geopolymer production because of abundant amount of amorphous silica is in waste glass. However, only limited research has been conducted on waste glass as precursor material. An attempt is made to use waste glass as fine aggregate in concrete. In concrete, cement is being used as a binding material which produces equal amount CO2 emission to the atmosphere. In geopolymer concrete, 100% cement is replaced by fly ash and GGBS with activator solution. This research work aims to study the feasibility of using waste glass aggregates as precursor to create alkali activated material (AAMs) along with Fly Ash. The performance this geopolymer concrete in terms of mechanical and durability properties is studied. M 20 grade mix is used for conventional concrete and the same proportion with NaOH of 8 Molar (8 M) is used for geopolymer concrete production with recycled waste glass as fine aggregate. Comparison is also made with conventional concrete using sand as fine aggregate.