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Comparative assessment of Australian fly ash and conventional concrete bricks
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Comparative assessment of Australian fly ash and conventional concrete bricks

G A Ayoko, M C H Lim, Ayodele Olofinjana and D Gilbert
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Vol.80(3), pp.259-267
2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.1182
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Abstract

fly ash and concrete bricks mineralogy elemental analysis crushing strength
A comparative study of the chemical composition, mineralogy, morphology and crushing strengths of fly ash bricks, conventional concrete bricks and fly ash samples has been undertaken. The main chemicals present in the products were silica and alumina while their main minerals were quartz, mullite, illite, vaterite, and calcite. Elemental analysis by XPS showed that the major elements in the samples were oxygen, silicon, carbon, calcium and aluminium; and scanning electron microscopy revealed that the fly ash samples consist of spherically-shaped particles with surface attachment containing needle-like particles. Compared with conventional concrete bricks, fly ash bricks generally have higher atomic silicon and crushing strengths but lower crystalline silica. The implication of the results on the suitability of fly ash bricks as replacements for conventional concrete bricks in the building industry is discussed from the point of view of human health and occupational safety.

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