A Mini Project Report

On

“MIXING OF IRON WASTE IN CONCRETE”

Submitted to jawaharlal nehru technology University Hyderabad for the
partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
CIVIL ENGINEERING

(2020-2024)
Under the guidance of
Mr. T. SRINIVAS
H.O.D (civil engineering)
SUBMITTED BY

R. KOUSALYA 208A1A0104
J. ARUNDHATHI 218A5A0103
P. ANIL 218A5A0130
T. NAVEEN 218A5A0136

DEPARTMENT OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING

SRI CHAITANYA TECHNICAL CAMPUS
(Approved) by AICTE, NewDelhi, Affiliated To JNTUH) Sheriguda(V),
Ibrahimpatnam (M), Rangareddy(Dist)-501510,T.S
 SRI CHAITANYA TECHNICAL CAMPUS
(Approved By AICTE, New Delhi, Affiliated To JNTUH)
Sheriguda(V), Ibrahimpatnam(M),
Rangareddy (Dist)-501510,T.S

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that dissertation entitled

“MIXING OF IRON WASTE IN CONCRETE”

Was successfully carried out by
R. KOUSALYA 208A1A0104
J. ARUNDHATHI 218A5A0103
P. ANIL 218A5A0130
T. NAVEEN 218A5A0136

Academic year of 2020-2024

Signature of the Internal Guide Signature of head of the Department

Mr. T. SRINIVAS Mr.T. SRINIVAS

Signature of the Principal Signature of the External

Dr. S.A. MUZEER

 DECLARATION
We hereby declare that the dissertation entitled “MIXING OF IRON
WASTE IN CONCRETE” is being submitted by me in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree “BACHELOR
OF TECHNOLOGY” from, SRI CHAITANYA TECHNICAL
CAMPUS and is a record of bonafide work carried out by us under the
guidance of Mr. T.SRINIVAS DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, SRI
CHAITANYA TECHNICAL CAMPUS.

The result embodied in the dissertation has not been submitted to any
other University or Institute for the award of any Degree.

R. KOUSALYA 208A1A0104
J. ARUNDHATHI 218A5A0103

P. ANIL 218A5A0130

T. NAVEEN 218A5A0136
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, we would like to extend the most sincere thanks to our Guide
(Mr.T.Srinivas), Head of Civil Engineering Department. We truly appreciate
and value his/her esteemed guidance and encouragement from the beginning. We
indebted to him/her for having helped us shape the problem and providing insights
towards the solution.

We wish to express our sincere thanks to Mr.T.SRINIVAS, Head of Civil

Engineering Department, who has been a constant source of inspiration for
me/us throughout this work.

We would gratefully acknowledge to Principal Sir Dr. S.A. MUZEER , Sri

Chaitanya Technical Campus college of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad for
extending his support to carry out this work.

We sincerely express our deepest and heartfelt gratitude SRI KARNAKER

REDDY Chairman, Sri Chaitanya Technical Campus college of Engineering &
Technology, for the wonderful guidance and encouragement given to us to move
ahead in the execution of this project.

Finally, it gives us a great pleasure to acknowledge all our friends who helped us
in successful completion of this work.

R.Kousalya (208A1A0104)

J.Arundhathi (218A5A0103)

P.Anil (218A5A0130)

T.Naveen (218A5A0136)
 CONTENTS

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LIST OF FIGURES i
LIST OF TABLES ii
LIST OF GRAPHS ii
ABSTRACT iii
1. INTRODUCTION 1-3
2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 4-6
2.1 HISTORY OF IRON CORROSION 4
2.2 USE IN CONCRETE 5
2.3 CHEMICAL REACTION 5
2.4 OXIDATION OF IRON 5
2.5 ECONOMIC EFFECTS 6
3. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION 7-30
3.1 GENERAL 7
3.2 MATERIALS OF CONCRETE 7
3.3 FABRICATION OF MOULD 7
3.4 CASTING AND CURING OF TEST SPECIMEN 8
3.5 TESTS CONDUCTED 9
3.6 TESTS ON CEMENT 10
3.7 TESTS ON FINE AGGREGATE 15
3.8 TESTS ON COARSE AGGREGATE 21
3.9 TESTS ON CONCRETE
25
4. PRESENTATION OF RESULTS 31-32
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST
5. DISCUSSIONS 33
6. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 34
7. REFERENCE 35
 LIST OF FIGURES
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1. Rusting of Iron 4
2. Concrete Mould 8
3. Sieve Analysis 10
4. Vicat Apparatus 11
5. Specific Gravity of Cement 14

6. 90micron Sieve 15
7. Bulking of Sand 18
8. Specific Gravity of Sand 20
9. Sieve Analysis 22
10. Specific Gravity of Coarse Aggregate 24
11. Slump Cone Test 26
12. Compaction factor test 28
13. Compressive Strength Test 30