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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FRESH MIXTURE OF A NOVEL CEMENT-LESS WASTEPAPER-BASED LIGHTWEIGHT BLOCK (CWLB) AND IT |
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| Title | CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FRESH MIXTURE OF A NOVEL CEMENT-LESS WASTEPAPER-BASED LIGHTWEIGHT BLOCK (CWLB) AND IT |
| Creator | ORIYOMI OKEYINKA, DAVID OLOKE, KHATIB JAMAL |
| Contributor | - |
| Publisher | ISEC PRESS |
| Publication Year | 2560 |
| Keyword | Mix, Proportioning, Loose bulk density, Compacted bulk density, Elastic bulk modulus, Porosity, Texture, Waste additive, Sand, Wastepaper aggregate. |
| Abstract | Cement-Less Wastepaper-based Lightweight Block (CWLB) is an eco-friendly lightweight non-loadbearing block newly developed from majorly waste materials. As part of efforts to enable the understanding of its mixture proportioning and production processes, this study presents the characteristics of its fresh mixture and its peculiar molding process. The fresh mix characteristics studied include; the texture, density, elastic modulus, percentage void/porosity and the peculiar molding process. The laboratory experimentation conducted covers; the preparation of the CWLB mix (from mixture of wastepaper aggregate (WPA), sand, waste additive natural admixture and water), determination of physical and deformation properties of the mix and the molding of CWLB specimen. It was found that, for the mixes tested, the fresh mixture of CWLB is fibrous in texture, voluminous in nature and exhibits an average loose bulk density of 305.3kg/m3. Also, average compacted bulk density of 857.6 kg/m3 and 792.38 kg/m3, elastic modulus of 30.28MPa and 28.38MPa and percentage void of 77% and 78% (i.e. porosity of 0.77 and 0.76) were recorded for mixes containing 52% and 36% sand content (measure by weight of WPA) respectively. The molding procedure for CWLB was thus found to be slightly different from those available for conventional masonry blocks in terms of relationship between the mold size, mixture quantity and resulting specimen size. These findings therefore indicate the peculiarity of the physical and deformation properties of the fresh mixture of CWLB and the importance of awareness and understanding of same for efficient production of CWLB. |
| ISBN | 978-0-9960437-4-8 |
