COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF

CONCRETE USING RICE HUSK ASH

PREPARED FOR
PREPARED BY
DR.RAFAT SIDDIQUE RAJINDER KAUR
M.E. INFRASTRUCTURE
ENGINEERING
Roll no - 802223008
INTRODUCTION

Rice Husk.
• By-product of agriculture
• Generated in rice mills
• when paddy is milled,
- weight of rice obtained- 80%
- weight of husk obtained-20%
50% Cellulose
• It contains 25-30% Lignin
15-20% Silica
RICE HUSK ASH (RHA)
• Generated by burning rice husk.
• On burning – Cellulose & Lignin are removed
- Silica remained.
• Burning

Controlled Uncontrolled
condition condition
• Controlled condition :
1. Produces better quality of RHA.
2. Controlled burning between 550⁰C and 700⁰C for 1hr transforms the silica
content of the ash into amorphous form.
3. It ensures high reactivity and large surface area.

• Uncontrolled condition:
1. It forms crystalline form of silica ( temperature at 1000⁰C for 5 min).
2. It will retain a large proportion of non-reactive silica and require grinding to
develop pozzolanic activity.

• The particle size and specific surface area are dependent on burning condition.
• Rice husk ash reactivity is attributed to high content of amorphous silica, and to
its large surface area.
Advantages of using RHA
The utilization of rice husk ash as a pozzolanic material in cement provides several
advantages such as
• provides good compressive strength
• helps in cutting down the environmental pollution.
• provides better resistance to the sulphate attack and carbonation etc.
• good shrinkage property and increases the durability of concrete .
 Properties of RHA
Physical Properties:
Color: completely burnt – grey to white
partially burnt – black
Property Value
Mehta Bui et al Ganesan et
al.

Mean particle size (µm) - 5 3.80

Specific gravity 2.06 2.10 2.60

Fineness: passing 45µm (%) 99 - 99
Specific surface(m2/g) - - 36.47
Chemical properties:

Constituents Percentage
Mehta Bui et al. Ganesan et al.
Silica (SiO2) 87.2 86.98 87.32
Alumina(Al2O3) 0.15 0.84 0.22
Iron oxide(Fe2O3) 0.16 0.73 0.28
Calcium oxide(CaO) 0.55 1.40 0.48
Magnesium oxide(MgO) 0.35 0.57 0.28
Sodium oxide(Na2O) 1.12 0.11 1.02
Potassium oxide(K2O) 3.68 2.46 3.14
Sulfur oxide(SO3) 0.24 -
LOI 8.55 5.14 2.10
EFFECT OF RHA ON COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH OF CONCRETE.
• Rice husk ash improves the compressive strength of the concrete.
• Because of :
- amorphous silica
- fine particle size
- large surface area
EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM:
• Replacement of cement with RHA – 15%
• Water cement ratio – 0.45
• Specimens made :
- Concrete prisms(500mm ×100mm ×100mm) for
compressive test. (fig.1.)
- two reinforced beams of size(1000mm ×150mm ×150mm) for
load deflection. (fig.2.)
(fig.1.)

(fig.2.)
Results (For compressive strength)
compressive strength(Mpa)
7 days 14 days 28 days
M30 mix concrete 25 37 41

With 15% RHA 28 40 47

• RHA replaced mix gave higher compressive strength values than
nominal mix.
• Because very fine particle size of the rice husk ash contributed for
packing effect of the pores in concrete.
• Therefore, without compromising on strength aspects, the admixture
like RHA can effectively be used practically for construction practices.
(For reinforced concrete beam)
• Conventional OPC beam gave the ultimate load value of 62.1 KN.
• RHA beam gave the ultimate load value of 69 kN.
• This is due to immense particle packing effect of RHA , the ultimate
load carrying capacity improved.
In the final note, the use of by-products like rice husk
ash in the concrete improves the quality of concrete and
reduces pollution as well as the cost of construction. It
is proved as an environmentally friendly method of
disposal of large quantities of waste materials that
would otherwise pollute land, air and water. It can be
added with the cement 5-30% by weight to increase the
strength of concrete. Thus, it is a green product and
saves cost too.
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