AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON CRUSHED STONE DUST AS FINE

AGGREGATE IN CEMENT CONCRETE

Sarvesh P.S Rajput
This experimental study explores in detail the crushed stone dust which is locally available
industrial solid waste material in India as alternative material to natural sand that is being
conventionally used as fine aggregate in cement concrete. The nominal mixes were prepared
for grades M-20 and M-30 of cement concrete as per Indian Standards codes using natural
sand (NS) and replacement of NS sand to crushed stone dust (CSD) in different proportions.
In each case proportion the slump cone test, compaction factor test, density test, compressive
strength test and Ultra-sonic pulse velocity test were carried out.

The material used in this study are cement, course aggregate, fine aggregate (NS and CSD)
and water. No plasticizer has been used in this study. The Cement (43 grade OPC,) used for
making concrete was characterised for its suitability as per IS: 8112-1989 and the course
aggregate is crushed stone with maximum 12.5 mm graded aggregates (nominal size) was
tested for its suitability for this study.

This study insures that crushed stone dust a solid industrial waste of the construction industry
as a natural sand substitution as fine aggregate in cement concrete gives a good approach to
reduce the scare good quality of fine aggregate, increase compressive strength and solve
some of the solid waste problems posed by crushed stone dust.

The results show that, Physio-chemically natural sand and crush stone dust is almost similar.
In slump cone test, compaction factor test and density test of prepared cement concrete mixes
of M-20 and M-30 grades are analogous for NS and CSD. Compressive strength of concrete
cubes prepared with successive percentage replacement of NS to CSD shows that it increases
with the increase in replacement and also its values are higher in almost in all cases than
cubes prepared with natural sand only. Ultrasonic pulse velocity test results for the M-20 and
M-30 both concrete mix, which was prepared using crushed stone dust completely replacing
natural sand shows excellent results.

Thus, this investigation presents the crushed stone dust as suitable material for cement
concrete works as alternative fine aggregate to replace the natural sand.