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Use of Melamine Formaldehyde Resin as a Water Reducing Admixture in Concrete

Author(s):

Yasir Khan , Department of Civil Engineering Mehran UET Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan; Fareed Ahmed Memon, Department of Civil Engineering Mehran UET Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan; Samar Hussain Rizvi, Department of Civil Engineering Mehran UET Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan; Maroosha, Department of Civil Engineering Mehran UET Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan; Abrar Hussain, Department of Civil Engineering Mehran UET Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

Keywords:

Concrete, admixture, workability, compressive strength

Abstract

Workability expressed by slump test plays major role in heavy structures with minimum spacing of reinforcement to settle the concrete easily. Melamine Formaldehyde Resin is valueless local material can be used to improve the workability of concrete without affecting the designed strength. Melamine Formaldehyde Resin is allocate to concrete by weight of cement at dosage of 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%. Experimental works put forward a satisfactory research by increasing the workability of concrete. Furthermore at the rate up to 1.5% dosage compressive strength of concrete is not affected while at the dosage of 2 and 2.5% there is a small rise of compressive strength.

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Paper ID: IJSRDV8I100173
Published in: Volume : 8, Issue : 10
Publication Date: 01/01/2021
Page(s): 432-435

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