Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment

Malaysia as the world’s largest exporter of palm oil has been facing problem in disposing palm oil fuel ash, a by-product of palm oil mill since many years ago. The discovery made by researchers of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia last century in revealing the potential of this finely ground waste as a...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, Mokhtar Albshir Budiea, Mohd Warid, Hussin, Khairunisa, Muthusamy, Mohamed, Ismail El Gelany
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Published: ISSR 2010
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10755/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10755/1/Concrete%20Research%20Letter%201.pdf
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author Ahmed, Mokhtar Albshir Budiea
Mohd Warid, Hussin
Khairunisa, Muthusamy
Mohamed, Ismail El Gelany
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Mohd Warid, Hussin
Khairunisa, Muthusamy
Mohamed, Ismail El Gelany
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description Malaysia as the world’s largest exporter of palm oil has been facing problem in disposing palm oil fuel ash, a by-product of palm oil mill since many years ago. The discovery made by researchers of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia last century in revealing the potential of this finely ground waste as a partial cement replacement in normal concrete has stem efforts towards studying the possibility of using it in high strength concrete production. This paper illustrates the durability aspect of high strength concrete produced using POFA of different fineness when exposed to acidic environment. Two POFA concrete mixes with different fineness termed (POFA 45 and POFA 10) at 20% replacement level by weight of cement and an OPC concrete mix functioning as control specimen termed Po was considered in this study. All the specimens were subjected to water curing for 28 days before immersed in the hydrochloric solution having pH 2 for 1800 hours. The progressive deterioration was evaluated through mass changing of the specimens, visual inspection and relative compressive strength determinations. Conclusively, the study found that increase in the POFA fineness enhances the resistance of high strength POFA concrete towards acid attack.
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spelling ump-107552018-01-08T01:20:05Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10755/ Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment Ahmed, Mokhtar Albshir Budiea Mohd Warid, Hussin Khairunisa, Muthusamy Mohamed, Ismail El Gelany TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Malaysia as the world’s largest exporter of palm oil has been facing problem in disposing palm oil fuel ash, a by-product of palm oil mill since many years ago. The discovery made by researchers of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia last century in revealing the potential of this finely ground waste as a partial cement replacement in normal concrete has stem efforts towards studying the possibility of using it in high strength concrete production. This paper illustrates the durability aspect of high strength concrete produced using POFA of different fineness when exposed to acidic environment. Two POFA concrete mixes with different fineness termed (POFA 45 and POFA 10) at 20% replacement level by weight of cement and an OPC concrete mix functioning as control specimen termed Po was considered in this study. All the specimens were subjected to water curing for 28 days before immersed in the hydrochloric solution having pH 2 for 1800 hours. The progressive deterioration was evaluated through mass changing of the specimens, visual inspection and relative compressive strength determinations. Conclusively, the study found that increase in the POFA fineness enhances the resistance of high strength POFA concrete towards acid attack. ISSR 2010-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_sa http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10755/1/Concrete%20Research%20Letter%201.pdf Ahmed, Mokhtar Albshir Budiea and Mohd Warid, Hussin and Khairunisa, Muthusamy and Mohamed, Ismail El Gelany (2010) Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment. Concrete Research Letters, 1 (1). pp. 14-18. ISSN 2180-1371. (Published) http://www.issres.net/journal/index.php/crl/article/view/84
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Ahmed, Mokhtar Albshir Budiea
Mohd Warid, Hussin
Khairunisa, Muthusamy
Mohamed, Ismail El Gelany
Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment
title Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment
title_full Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment
title_fullStr Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment
title_full_unstemmed Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment
title_short Performance of High Strength POFA Concrete in Acidic Environment
title_sort performance of high strength pofa concrete in acidic environment
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10755/1/Concrete%20Research%20Letter%201.pdf