Effect of Mineral Admixtures on the Ternary Blended Concrete

Extensive research work for decades also in progress throughout the globe in concrete technology finding alternative materials which can partially replace Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and which can also meet the requirement of strength and durability performance of industrial by products like Micro Silica, Ground Granulated Blast Slag, Fly Ash, Metakaolin, Rice Husk ash etc., now termed as complimentary Cementitious Materials (CCM) are quite promising. Subsequently these have led to the development of binary, ternary, quaternary blended concretes depending on the number CCM and their combinations used as partial replacement materials. The present experimental investigations are carried out in the optimization of Ternary Blended Cementitious system based on Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) /GGBS/MS for the development of Ternary Blended Concrete. Compressive Strength of Ternary Blended Concrete and the ages of 28 and 60 days for various combinations of Micro Silica and GGBS mixes were investigated Micro Silica of 10% and along with GGBS was replaced by 20%,30%,40%,50%,60%,and 70%. All the mixes were studied at water cement ratio of 0.45.