Processed air-cooled and granulated copper slag have a number of positive mechanical properties for aggregate use, including great adequacy for features like soundness, advantage of resistance for abrasion and good strength properties [ 1 ]. Concrete is composed of 70% volume of fine and coarse aggregates.

The mechanical properties of high strength concrete incorporating copper slag as a fine aggregate and concluded that less than 40% copper slag as sand substitution can achieve a high strength concrete that comparable or better to the control mix, beyond which however its behaviors decreased significantly. River sand is being used as fine ...

An experimental investigation was conducted to study the effect of using copper slag as a fine aggregate on the properties of cement mortars and concrete. Various mortar and concrete mixtures were prepared with different proportions of copper slag ranging from 0% (for the control mixture) to as fine aggregates …

Blast furnace slag, steel slag, copper slag, foundry slag and ferronickel slag are the most common types of by-product slags that can be used as fine aggregate in concrete. Rashad et al. (2016) showed that the use of blast furnace slag as a replacement of natural sand improved the compressive strength of mortar.

This paper reports on an experimental investigation carried out to evaluate the effects of concrete mix properties prepared with partial replacement of fine aggregates by copper slag at...

The results indicate that the use of copper slag in concrete increases the flexural strength of about 17% with that of control mixture. It is recommended that up to 40% of copper slag can be use as replacement of fine aggregates. KEYWORDS: Cement, Compressive strength, Copper slag, Flexural strength, Workability.

This paper reports on an experimental investigation carried out to evaluate the effects of concrete mix properties prepared with partial replacement of fine aggregates by copper slag at levels of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% and 60%. In this study, M30

Performance of Copper Slag on Strength and Durability Properties as Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate in Concrete. concrete occupies unique position among the modern …

Concrete cubes are made with 20%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50% and 55% replacement of fine aggregate with copper slag. They were casted and the compressive strength of concrete cubes after 7 and 28 days of curing is determined along with evaluation of workability of concrete. The results have shown that all mixes with different copper slag …

The copper slag as a replacement to aggregates has threefold advantages of eliminating the costs of dumping, reducing the cost of concrete and minimizing air pollution problems. CS was also used as a replacement to cement in concrete production. The researches which were conducted regarding the utilization of these environmental …

In this research paper, an experimental investigation on Geopolymer Concrete with copper slag an industrial by-products as a replacement of fine aggregates was studied. The properties of six ...

For, 2.2 tonnes of copper slag is generated at every ton of copper production in the world of copper industry, it has approximately 26.6 million tons of copper slag are generated.

The copper slag is a black glassy particle and granular in nature and has a similar particle size range like sand. The bulk density of granulated copper slag is varying from 1.9 to 2.15 g/cc.The free moisture content present in the copper slag was found to be less than 0.5% and the presence of silica is about 26%, which is desirable since it is one …

It was noticed that the use of copper slag as fine aggregate could greatly increase the abrasion resistance of the cement mortar [Tan, 2000]. Li [1999] and Zong [2003] also reported that concrete containing copper slag as …

Also, more amounts of copper slag will be utilized by using it as fine and coarse aggregates in concrete because more than 75% volume of concrete is occupied …

Use of Copper Slag and Cement By-Pass Dust as Cementitious Materials. K. Al-Jabri R. Taha Mohammed Al-Ghassani. Environmental Science, Materials Science. 2002. Copper slag (CS) and cement by-pass dust (CBPD) are by-products of the production of copper and cement, respectively.

The conventional concrete is made up of cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and water, and the effect of aggregate in concrete properties are very important [2]. ... The use of copper slag ...

Resende (2009) studied the application of blasted copper slag as an aggregate in mortar, replacing natural fine aggregate. Although the physical characteristics of the material induced to a gain in mechanical parameters of the mixtures, the increment of blasted slag induced to less resistant mortars, reaching an optimal …

Blasted copper slag, as aggregate for concrete, provides safe disposal. ... as fine aggregate for Portland cement concrete manufacturing, resulting in an alternative and safe disposal method. Leaching assays showed no toxicity for this material. Concrete mixtures were produced, with high aggregate replacement ratios, varying from 0% to …

1. Therefore by multiplying the specific gravity ratio to the fine aggregate proportion we will. end up with equal volume of concre te as that of c ontrol mix when copper slag used as natural sand ...

of copper, approximately 2.2–3.0 tons copper slag is generated as a by-product material. In Oman approximately 60,000tons of copper slag is produced every year. Many researchers have investigated the use of copper slag as fine or coarse aggregate in the preparation of cement mortar and concrete. Copper slag has been excluded from the …

It was found that all mixes yielded comparable or higher compressive and flexural strength than the control concrete for all curing periods. Compressive and flexural strength …

In recent years, the use of natural fibers in concrete has gained considerable attention due to their potential as a sustainable alternative to conventional steel reinforcements. This paper investigates the strength performance of natural fiber-reinforced recycled aggregate concrete using copper slag as a replacement for fine aggregate. …

This research work was carried out in two phases to find the strength of concrete. In the first phase the fine aggregate was replaced with copper slag in various percentages of 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and . In the second phase, cement was replaced with Nano silica (i.e. 1%, 2%, and 3%) to get maximum strength as well as impermeable …

the properties of green and hardened concrete. The cement content and water–cement (w–c) ratio of all the concrete mixtures were 400kg/m3 and 0.40, respectively. Concrete mixtures containing ...

Compared to fine aggregate, copper slag, which was used in the study, has a fineness modulus of 2.20, a higher S.G of 3.83, and a bulk density of 2120 kg/m 3, resulting in concrete with a higher density. Further, water absorption is found to be 0.5%. According to these findings, copper slag has a lower surface porosity than sand and …

This paper investigates the technical feasibility of using copper slag as fine aggregate replacement in ultra high performance concrete (UHPC). The studies demonstrated that it is possible to produce UHPC having compressive strength greater than 150 MPa by incorporation of copper slag. The complete replacement of standard sand …

by weight of copper slag was used as a Portland cement replacement together with up to 1.5% of hydrated lime as an activator to pozzolanic reaction. Result indicated a significant increase in the compressive strength. Li .F(1999) also reported that concrete containing copper slag as fine aggregate exhibited similar mechanical

Abstract and Figures. The use of copper slag (CS) as fine aggregate and partial substitute of cement for mortar preparationwas studied. Results showed an increase on compressive and flexural ...

After 24 h. Specimens were removed from the moulds and cured in a water tank for later testing at 3, 7, 28, 56 and 90 days.Concrete specimens were prepared. The required amounts of coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, cement, water and copper slag weighted in separate buckets. The materials were mixed in accordance with IS 10262: 2009.