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Research Paper
PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT WITH MARBLE
DUST POWDER
Prof. P.A. Shirulea*, Ataur Rahmanb , Rakesh D. Guptac

Address for Correspondence

a*bc
Dept. Of Civil Engineering, SSBT’s COET, Bambhori, Jalgaon, Maharashtra – 425001
ABSTRACT
Leaving the waste materials to the environment directly can cause environmental problem. Hence the reuse of waste material
has been emphasized. Waste can be used to produce new products or can be used as admixtures so that natural resources are
used more efficiently and the environment is protected from waste deposits. Marble stone industry generates both solid waste
and stone slurry. Whereas solid waste results from the rejects at the mine sites or at the processing units, stone slurry is a
semi liquid substance consisting of particles originating from the sawing and the polishing processes and water used to cool
and lubricate the sawing and polishing machines. Stone slurry generated during processing corresponds to around 40% of the
final product from stone industry. This is relevant because the stone industry presents an annual output of 68 million tonnes
of processed products. Therefore the scientific and industrial community must commit towards more sustainable practices.
There are several reuse and recycling solutions for this industrial by-product, both at an experimental phase and in practical
applications. These industrial wastes are dumped in the nearby land and the natural fertility of the soil is spoiled. The
physical, chemical and mechanical properties of the waste are analyzed.
KEY WORDS: Marble powder, Aspect ratio, Compressive strength, Tensile strength.
INTRODUCTION: test, crushing value test, elongation and flakiness
The advancement of concrete technology can reduce index test to check their suitability for the
the consumption of natural resources and energy experiment. The test conducted on aggregate is
sources and lessen the burden of pollutants on shown in Table No. 2.
environment. Presently large amounts of marble dust Table 2: Aggregate
are generated in natural stone processing plants with
an important impact on environment and humans.
This project describes the feasibility of using the
marble sludge dust in concrete production as partial Sand:
replacement of cement. In INDIA, the marble Natural sand which is easily available and low in
processing is one of the most thriving industry the price was used in the work. It has cubical or rounded
effects if varying marble dust contents on the shape with smooth surface texture. Being cubical,
physical and mechanical properties of fresh and rounded and smooth texture it give good workability.
hardened concrete have been investigated. Test Sand which is used here is taken from Girna River.
results show that this industrial bi product is capable Particles of this sand have smooth texture and are
of improving hardened concrete performance up to blackish. Sieve analysis was done to find out fineness
10%, Enhancing fresh concrete behavior. 30 cubes modulus which comes out to be 3.14% which is
and 30 cylinders have been casted. The compressive under limit as per IS 383-1970. The test conducted on
strength and split tensile strength of cubes and Sand is shown in Table No. 3.
cylinders was measured for 7 and 28 days. Table 3: Sand
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Cement:
Portland Pozzolona cement of Birla gold conforming Marble powder: Marble powder was collected from
to IS 269-1976 and IS 4031-1968 was adopted in this the dressing and processing unit in Jalgaon. It was
work. The cement used is 53 grade. The test initially in wet form (i.e. slurry); after that it is dried
conducted on cement is shown in Table No. 1. by exposing in the sun and finally sieved by IS-90
Table 1: Cement micron sieve before mixing in concrete.

Note. All the materials and equipments were provided by

college itself, except Marble Dust Powder. Sand was
obtained from Girna river which gray blackish in colour.
Concrete Mix Design: In the present study, M20
grade with nominal mix as per IS 456-2000 was used.
The concrete mix proportion (cement: fine aggregate:
Coarse aggregate:
coarse aggregate) is 1: 1.5: 3 by volume and a water
The aggregate used in this project mainly of basalt
cement ratio of 0.5.
rock which comes under normal weight category.
Casting and Testing Detail: Total number 30 cubes
The aggregates are locally available. 50% of the
and 30 cylinders were casted. Marble powder were
aggregate used are of 10-12 mm size and remaining
added in concrete in step of 5% (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%,
50% are of 20mm size. The coarse aggregate was
20% ). For each percent of marble powder replacing
also tested for various properties like impact value

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Cement, 3 cubes & 3 cylinders were casted for 7 days
and 28 days.
Final strength of cube & cylinder were tested after 7
& 28 days curing. Compression testing machine is
used for testing the compressive strength of cube and
split tensile strength of cylinder. The crushing loads
were noted and average compressive strength and
tensile strength for three specimens
ns is determined for
fo
each which is given in table 4 and table 5
respectively.
Table 4: The test results of the Cubes
Table 5: The test results of the cylinders
Fig. 2: Blue and red colour shows compressive
strength at 7 & 28 days respectively.
Fig. 3:: Blue and red colour shows split tensile
strength at 7 & 28 days respectively.
RESULT AND DISCUSSION:
Cubes:
Compressive strength of concrete is tested on cube at
different percentage of marble powder content in
concrete. The strength of concrete has been tested on
cube at 7 days curing and 28 days. 7 days test has
been conducted to check the gain in initial strength
stre of
concrete. 28 days test gives the data of final strength
of concrete at 28 days curing. Compression testing
machine is used for testing the compressive strength
test on concrete. At the time of testing the cube is
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taken out of water and dried and then en tested keeping
the smooth faces in upper and lower part.
DISCUSSION:
1. With the inclusion of Marble powder the
strength of concrete gradually increases upto a
certain limit but the gradually decreases.
2. With the inclusion of Marble powder upto 10%
the initial
ial strength gain in concrete is high.
3. At 10% there is 12% increase in initial
compressive strength for 7 days
4. At 10% there is 17.7% increase in initial
compressive strength for 28 days.
5. The initial strength gradually decreases from
15%.
CYLINDER:
Split Tensile
nsile strength of concrete is tested on
cylinders at different percentage of marble powder
content in concrete. The strength of concrete has been
tested on cylinder at 7 days curing and 28 days. 7
days test has been conducted to check the gain in
initial strength
trength of concrete. 28 days test gives the data
of final strength of concrete at 28 days curing.
Compression testing machine is used for testing the
Split Tensile strength test on concrete along with two
wooden boards. At the time of testing the cylinder is
taken out of water and dried and then tested.
DISCUSSION:
1. With the inclusion of Marble powder the
strength of concrete gradually increases up
to a certain limit but the gradually decreases.
2. With the inclusion of Marble powder upto
10% the initial strength th gain in concrete is
high.
3. At 10% there is 27.4% increase in initial
Split Tensile strength for 7 days
4. At 10% there is 11.5% increase in initial
Split Tensile strength for 28 days.
5. The initial strength gradually decreases from
15%.
CONCLUSIONS:
• The Compressive strength of Cubes are
increased with addition of waste marble
powder up to 10% replace by weight of
cement and further any addition of waste
marble powder the compressive strength
decreases.
• The Split Tensile strength of Cylinders are
increased with addition of waste marble
powder up to 10% replace by weight of
cement and further any addition of waste
marble powder the Split Tensile strength
decreases.
• Thus we found out the optimum percentage
for replacement of marble powder with
cement and it is almost 10% of the total
cement for both cubes and cylinders.
• We have put forth a simple step to minimize
the costs for construction with usage of
marble powder which is freely or cheaply
available; more importantly.
• We have also stepped into a realm of ssaving
the environmental pollution by cement
production; being our main objective as
Civil Engineers.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Authors thank the management of SSBT’s
college of Engg. & Tech., Jalgaon, Maharashtra,
India for providing materials and laboratory facilities
to carry out this work.
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