A Review on Study of Artificial Sand in Concrete

Sand is a type of soil, which is naturally available at banks of river, this type of sand is called natural sand. Sand is used in construction of civil Engineering elements like house, dam, bridge etc. Natural or River sand are weathered particles of rocks and are of various grades or sizes depending upon the amount of wearing. At present time it is not very easy to get sand of good quality and also it has to be transported from a long distance, hence cost of construction is increased. Natural river sand takes many years to form but demand of sand in construction works are very high, so it is a need of the present time to find some alternate to natural sand. Artificial sand is constructed in such a manner to keep minimum voids in sand hence it resulted into reduction of quantity of cement in production of concrete, hence artificial sand is economical also. This paper presented a review on use of artificial sand in concrete.