Experimental Study on Strength and Durability Properties of High Strength Concrete Using Mineral Admixtures and Copper Slag

Abstract

 Concrete is the most widely used building material. In worldwide the high rise buildings are constructed by using high strength concrete mode only. Growing demand for construction materials necessitated the usage of alternative materials in the production of conventional concrete. Now a day’s fine aggregate source is reduced due to high consumption, so some material is needed to replacing of sand. The objective of this work is to study the strength and durability properties of concrete. Here M 70 grade concrete used and concrete containing copper slag as partial replacement of fine aggregate and mineral admixture as partial replacement of cement in the concrete mix design. Copper slag content has been 40% as a replacement of fine aggregate and silica fume 5%,10%,15% & 20% and GGBS 5%,10%,15% & 20% as a replacement of cement respectively .This research paper study on strength test& Durability test. The test results show 40% replacement of fine aggregate as copper slag gives them more strength. And Silica fume & GGBS as partial replacement of cement (up to 15%). From the results, it was observed that the use of copper slag and mineral admixture in concrete has shown a considerable increase in strength and reduction of the cost when compared with normal concrete.