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Feasibility Study of Acid Resistant Brick Using

Raw and Waste Materials

Tamil selvan.P1, Gokulnath.C2, Satheesh Kumar3, Suresh Kumar.S4,uma shankar.K5, Arun

Prakash.K6

1,2,3,4 Final Year Civil Engineering students, Knowledge Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering Department,

Salem, Tamil Nadu, India-638183

5,6Assistant Professor, Knowledge Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering Department, Salem, Tamil Nadu,

India-638183

ABSTRACT:

The disposal of industrial wastes comprises one of the

major worldwide environmental problems as these

wastes render the environment unfriendly. The growing

demand for waste utilization has made solid wastes like

materials from granite processing industry, and blast

furnace slag to be absorbed into the ceramic composition

of bricks. The possibility of reduction of the production

costs provides a strong logic for use of this waste.Blast

furnace slag is a non-metallic by-product from ironand

steel industry which is generated during the conversion

ofiron ore or scarp iron to steel, along with coke for fuel.

Presence of hazardous elements such as Pb, Cd, Ni and

Cr are common in some steel slags which make the slag

environmentally harmful.

In this work, attempt has been made to develop Acid

Resistant Bricks from waste materials i.e. granite saw

dust derived during cutting and grinding of granite

blocks and blast furnace slag along with clay. The

different body formulations have been made in order to

study the effect of these three raw materials on the fired

properties of the acid resistant bricks. The body made

with the variation of raw materials have been fired at

three different temperatures and their behaviours with

respect to Apparent Porosity, Water Absorption, Bulk

Density and Firing Volume Changes as a function of

both temperature and granite:slag ratio was studied. It

has been observed that the vitrificationof the body

increased with the increase in granite content. This

increase is attributed to the increase in Feldpar content

which accompanies the increase of granite.

Keywords: Clay brick, Granite waste powder,

compressive strength, water absorption, Acid mass

loss.

1.INTRODUCTION

The disposal of industrial wastes comprises one of the

major worldwide environmental problems. In numerous

countries,the limitation of number of dumping landfill

sites and the general disposal methods has rendered the

environment unfriendly. Furthermore, as aconsequence

of environmental and financial considerations, there is a

growing clamour for wastes to be re-used or recycled.

Waste recycling, generated by the industries, as an

alternative to raw materials is not a new thing and has

been carried out successfully. The prime focus on waste

material utilisation is due to the exhaustion of the natural

resources, the conservation of not renewable

resources,and reduction in wastes disposal costs.

Solid wastes, such as the wastes from the granite industry

can be absorbed by the construction industry which is

listed as the most technologically active sector.Large

quantity of raw materials is used by the sector as well as

by the large volume of final products is used in

construction. The use of wastes as an alternative to raw

materials in the ceramic industry, which embodies part of

the construction industry, contributes to the

diversification of raw materials in the production of

ceramic bricks and tiles and reduces the costs in a

building.

The most promising business areas of the mining sector

are the Granite mining and process industry, with a mean

growth in the world production reported at 6% per year in

the last 10 years. The international trading is

approximately US$ 6 billion per year and around US$ 13

billion, taking into account tools, equipment,

etc.Generationof large amount of wastes in the industrial

sector is in the form of a mud which is basically

composed of SiO2, Al2O3, F2O3 and CaO, due to the

sawing and polishing processes, can cause serious

damages to the environment, such as soil and

underground water contamination, if not efficiently

treated before disposal.

2.EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE

The The raw materials that were used in sample

preparation for the production of acid resistant bricks are

• Clay

• Blast Furnace Slag

• Granite

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FIGURE 1 : GRANITE AND GGBS POWDER

The three raw materials were ground into fine powder

form and mixed in different proportions to obtain

different ratios of the samples. The samples were then

pressed into pellets with the help of additives and fired at

three different temperatures i.e. 1050°C, 1100°C and

1150°C. The different fired compositions were studied

for different characterizations

2.MIXING AND FABRICATION OF BRICKS

Powders were dry mixed in different compositions to

make a dry mix. The batches were dry mixed in a mortar

pestle to ensure homogenisation.

Pellets of each batch were prepared by uniaxial pressing

at 970.8 kg/cm2. Pellets were oven dried at 80°C/24

hours.

The pellets were then fired in a furnace at 1050°C,

1100°C and 1150°C with a soaking time of 4 hours. The

fired pellets were then characterised for Apparent

Porosity, Water Absorption, Firing Shrinkage, Bulk

Density, Dimetral Compressive Strength and Acid Mass

Loss.

FIGURE 2 : CURING AND TESTING

3.TESTING AND RESULTS

Apparent Porosity depict the variation of apparent

porosity of the samples as a function of Granite: Slag

ratio and sintering temperature, wherein samples

prepared with (a) 40% clay, (b)50% clay, (c) 60% clay

and (d) samples sintered at 1100oC as a function of clay

content.

It could be observedfrom the figurethat with increase in

the firing temperature apparent porosity was found to

decrease for all the samples studied. It can also be

observed thatincrease in the granite content decreases the

apparent porosity of the samples. Granite is consists of

three minerals namely feldspar, mica and quartz

Density could be observed that all the samples studied

have an increase in the bulk density values with increase

in the firing temperature. It can also be observed that

increase in the granite content increases the bulk density

of the samples. Feldspar, mica and quartz are three

minerals which constitute the granite.

Water Absorption occurs with increase in the firing

temperature for all the samples studied. The inverse

correlation could be observed between the granite content

with the water absorption of the samples. Feldspar, mica

and quartz are three minerals which constitute the

granite. The increase in granite content correlates to an

increase in the amount of feldspar in the samples.

Acid mass loss could be observed that the mass loss %

decreases with increase in granite content for 40% clay,

50% clay and 60% clay. It is observed that the porosity of

the samples is more when formulated with low granite to

slag ration. However it decreases with the increase in

granite to slag ratio irrespective to the clay content in the

formulation

Compressive Strength values of all the samples are found

to be quite high in the range of 10 to 15 MPa. This higher

value can be attributed with the achievement of enhanced

vitrification in the sample. It is interesting to note that

these measured strength values does not show any

particular trend as a function of granite;slag ratio or the

clay content in the body.

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Granite:Slag

30

D.

11000C

40% Clay

50% Clay

20 60% Clay

A.P. %

10

0

-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Granite:Slag

FIGURE 3 : LINEAR REPRESENTATION.

4.RESULT AND DISCUSSION

The experimental results carried out during the present

work would lead to the following discussion.

• The samples with higher granite content found

to be vritrified completely and could be

correlated with the granite content of the

sample.

• The samples with Water Absorption <2%, and

Acid Mass Loss <1.5% confirm to the IS 4860-

1968 to be used as acid resistant brick. The

study suggests that body formulations with

Clay-Granite-Slag ratio as 40-30-30, 40-40-20

and 40-50-10; 50-30-20 and 50-40-10; 60-30-

10 has a potential to be used as acid resistance

bricks.

5.CONCLUSIONS

• It can be observed thatincrease in the

granite content decreases the apparent

porosity of the samples. Granite isconsists of

three minerals namely feldspar, mica and

quartz. The increase in granite

contentcorresponds to an increase in the

amount of feldspar, mica and quartz.

• It could be observed that all the samples

studied have an increase in the bulk density

values with increase in the firing

temperature. It can also be observed that

increase in the granite content increases the

bulk density of the samples

• Samples prepared with higher amount of

clay are observed to have higher water

absorption as compared to that prepared with

low amount of clay.

• The sample surface area exposed to the acid

solution is expected to increase with the

porosity of the sample. Dissolution of brick

into the acid solution will increase with the

increase in exposed area of the sample.

Hence the samples prepared with low

granite:slag ratio showed higher dissolution

as compared to that prepared with high

granite to slag ratio.

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