Application of Industrial Waste (Copper Slag and Ceramic Waste) for Evolution of Self-Compacting Concrete

Self-compacted concrete is high performance concrete which has high fluidity without segregation which does not required vibration and able to flow by own weight for filling purpose of mold. But use of expansive admixture and very large quantity of cement and its give low strength and difficult to obtain. India has serious challenge for disposing industrial waste as land filling which result in high cost and environmental problem. Utilize treated and untreated industrial waste as raw material in concrete is give clean and greener environment. Industrial waste like copper slag and construction & demolition (C&D) waste replacing by fine aggregate and coarse aggregate in different proportion is economical. Copper slag is by product of matte smelting and retaining copper. Which can replace by fine aggregate in concrete and in C&D wastes major part ceramic waste can replace by coarse aggregate to improve workability and strength of concrete. The systematic experimental approach showed that partial replacement of coarse and fine aggregate could produce self-compacting concrete with low segregation potential as assessed by the flow test. The paper reports the results of flow test on replacement of fine aggregate and coarse aggregate by copper slag and ceramic waste respectively with different percentage. The results showed that copper slag and ceramic waste could be used successfully in producing self-compacted concrete with reduced segregation potential.