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Properties of Quarry Dust in Compressive Strength and Water Absorption

Rrrl: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna, Sir. Pon,
Ramanathan Rd, Jaffna, SRI LANKA, et al. “Use of Quarry Dust in the Binding Mortar and Its Effect on
Mechanical Characteristics of Brick Masonry.” International Journal of Sustainable Construction
Engineering and Technology, vol. 16, no. 5, May 2022. DOI.org (Crossref),
https://doi.org/10.30880/ijscet.2022.13.01.021.
(di ko sure if pwede to since ginamit nya pang bind ng brick)

As quarry dust generate from crushing of rocks, quarry dust has angular shape and rough surface
textures compared to smooth granular nature of river sand. Rough surface texture of the particle
provides good interlocking and bond between cement gel and fine aggregates. Therefore, strength of the
mortar was increased with quarry dust content in the mortar. The water absorption rate of the mortar
was increased with quarry dust content. Due to angular shape of quarry dust, the surface area to volume
ratio and void ratio are high. Therefore, mortar with quarry dust absorb more water. (Kosalya S. Et. Al)

Fig. 7 - Compressive strength, flexural strength and water absorption rate of brick and binding mortar
Figure ___: Mortar composition from Sundaralingam et al (2022)

Given Q0 as the control sample, Sundaralingam et al (2022)’s study displayed increasing compressive
strength in quarry dust (QD) replacement with 7.8%, 18.2%, and 24.2% for Q2, Q4, and Q6 mortar,
respectively. The researchers attribute this increase in strength to the irregularity and texture of the
quarry dust, creating a rough interface surface.

The material composition of the translucent blocks in this study contain two similar components from
Sundaralingam et al (2022)’s experiment. Assuming these QD replaced blocks be precisely replicated
with the translucent blocks, the following could theoretically be the values of the compressive strength
of QD replaced translucent blocks.

Q0 27.73
Q2 29.89294
Q4 32.77686
Q6 34.44066

Figure _: Theoretical increase in compressive strength of a complete precise replication of Sundaralingam

et al (2022)’s mortar as translucent blocks

Assuming Q0 is the translucent block of this study with 5% fiber optics composition, its initial empirical
compressive strength is 27.73 MPa. The composition that has the highest theoretical increase in
compressive strength has 100% quarry dust, replacing river sand (RS), with a compressive strength of
34.44 MPa. Given that there is an equal amount of cement across different compositions, Q2 and Q4
with 1:2:4 (cement:QD:RS) and 1:4:2 (cement:QD:RS), still achieve the minimum compressive strength
required for a mortar block for lightweight blocks. Q2 and Q4 have roughly 28.57% and 57.14% of QD
replacement.

Although there are several conditions and properties that could alter the reproduction of QD translucent
blocks, future experimentation should be able to test the validity of the hypothesis that QD replacement
in translucent blocks would increase compressive strength.

2. Properties of Quarry Dust in Compressive Strength, Density and Water Absorption

RRLs: “Optimum Utilization of Quarry Dust as Partial Replacement of Sand in Concrete.” International
Journal of Applied Science and Engineering Research, vol. 1, no. 2, Apr. 2012. DOI.org (Crossref),
https://doi.org/10.6088/ijaser.0020101040.

The results of compressive strength of cubes for (7, 28, 91) days curing are shown in Figureure. 3, 4 and
5. It is observed that the compressive strength of cubes at 28 days curing for control mixture (M1) is 30.5
Mpa for 53 grade concrete and 29.6 Mpa for 33 grade concrete (Naidu et. al., 2003). Dust content
increases to 30%, the 28 days compressive strength increases to a maximum of 31.5 Mpa for 53 grade
and 30.7Mpa for 33 grade. For 20% dust content the 28 days compressive strength increases 34.5Mpa
for 53 grades and 31.6Mpa for 33 grades. As the dust content exceeds 30% the compressive strength
decreases (Babu et. al., 1977). For the specimen of dust content of 0% and 20% the dust particles
amount is not enough to fill all the voids between cement paste and aggregate particles, hence they
have lower compressive strength values than specimens of 30% dust content. It can be perceived that
the compressive strength of cube at 28 days of curing for control mix (M1) is 30.5 Mpa and the strength
increases by 13%, 3.2% for mix M2 & M3 respectively in comparison with control mix (M1) (BS: 1881,
1983). But for mix M4 and M5, the strength reduces by 3.9%, 13.1% in comparison with the control mix
(M1) for 53 grade. Similarly, for 33 grade concrete the compressive strength of cube at 28 days curing for
control mix (M1) is 29.6 Mpa and the strength increases by 6%, 3.7% for mix M2 and M3 respectively in
comparison with control mix M1 but for M4, M5 the strength reduces by 3.3% and 14% in comparison
with control concrete (Lohani et al.)

Figure 3: Compressive strength of mixes with age (53 Figure 4: Compressive strength of mixes with age (33
grade) grade)

Water absorption % of concrete has decreased for dust contents from 0 to 20% and then it started to
increase for 30% to 50% of dust contents (Figure. 10 & Figure. 11). Quarry dust acts as filler in concrete
and contributes to reduce the absorption of concrete (Lohani et al.)
 Figure 10: Water absorption verses quarry dust Figure 11: Water absorption verses quarry dust
content percentage (53 grade) content percentage (33 grade)

The variation of density of concrete with quarry dust percentage through graphs is shown in figure 12 for
53 grade and figure 13 for 33 grade concrete mix. It is observed that the density of concrete increases
with increase in percentage of dust content (Lohani et al.)

Figure 12: Variation of density of concrete with Figure 13: Variation of density of concrete with
quarry dust content percentage (53-grade) quarry dust content percentage (33-grade)

But the compressive strength of quarry dust concrete continues to increase with age for all the percentage of
quarry dust contents (Lohani et al, 2012).
 3. Properties on Quarry Dust in Compressive Strength

RRLs: Koganti, Shyam Prakash, et al. “Replacement of Fine Aggregate by Using Recyclable Materials in
Paving Blocks.” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 225, Aug. 2017, p.
012157. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/225/1/012157.

Koganti, Shyam & Hemanthraja, Kommineni & Sajja, Satish. (2017). Replacement of Fine Aggregate by
using Recyclable Materials in Paving Blocks. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.
225. 012157. 10.1088/1757-899X/225/1/012157.

The standard cubes of (150mm X 150mm X 150 mm) are casted and tested using 2000 KN capacity
compressive testing machine. The effect on compressive strength by partial replacement of quarry dust,
glass powder, ceramic dust, coal dust in varying percentages from 0% to 40%. (yung QD nalng kinuha ko
sa table and Figure kasi yun lang need)

Normal mix Quarry Dust, Quarry Dust, Quarry Dust,

20% 30% 40%
7 days 11.93 18.22 18.67 19.5
14 days 17.04 25.91 25.84 26.99
28 days 18.76 28.50 28.43 29.69

Conclusion

Observed that by replacing with quarry dust by 20% its compressive strength is about 28.5N/mm2 i.e.,
an increment of 51.92 %.
Considering the strength there is no appreciable increment in strength when QD % is increased beyond
20% but the profit percentage is higher so QD% can be replaced upto 40% when considering both
strength and cost parameters.
 4. Properties of Quarry Dust in Compressive Strength in Mortar

RRLs: Shyam Prakash, K., and Ch. Hanumantha Rao. “Study on Compressive Strength of Quarry Dust as
Fine Aggregate in Concrete.” Advances in Civil Engineering, vol. 2016, 2016, pp. 1–5. DOI.org (Crossref),
https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1742769.

With the increase in age of concrete, the compressive strength increases up to 30 percent replacement of
quarry dust as a fine aggregate. The partial replacement of quarry dust gave a 60 days’ peak compressive
strength at 30% replacement level. Figure 1 shows the compressive strength of M20 grade with varying
age of concrete by replacement level up to 30%.

With observation of 20% of quarry dust (7 days), the average compressive strength is 29.62
N/mm2 whereas that for natural sand is 28.44 N/mm2. For 25% quarry dust, the value increased to 30.81
N/mm2. Finally, for 30% quarry dust, the strength increased to 32.88 N/mm 2. Hence, quarry dust can be
effectively used to replace natural sand, without reduction in the strength of concrete. The slight variation
is observed in compressive strength for 3 days’ and 7 days’ age in concrete.