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FEASIBILITY OF USE OF GROG IN MAKING OF

CONCRETE
Vivek J. Khatri1, Prof. Poonam I. Modi2
1
(P.G. Student Department of Applied Mechanics L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad)
2
(Assistant Professor Department of Applied Mechanics, L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad)
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Abstract— Depletion of the virgin natural river sand is the main issue concerning the construction industry. Sustainable construction is
the need of nowadays. Industrial solid wastes like Grog is generated in abundant quantities and are disposed in open lands. This leads to
environmental issues and utilizes large area of land that can be put to better use. So the wastes like Grog can be used in concrete. So in this
study, Grog is used to make concrete to check feasibility of it to be used in making concrete.

Keywords—Grog, Refractory waste

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1. INTRODUCTION Table 2 Physical properties of Grog

In the refractories, the bricks made of grog are used to align Property Value
internal walls. The refractories are used to melt the metals.
Specific Gravity 2.45
After a period of every 30 to 40 days the internal wall needs
to be changed. The old Grog bricks are replaced with the Bulk Density 1824 kg/m3
new one. The waste of old Grog is dumped on open ground. Water Absorption 1.01%
Every 30 to 40 days period, 300 kg of waste Grog is Fineness Modulus 2.68
produced. Porosity 29.60%

2. MATERIAL AND METHOD

Table 3 Chemical Composition of Grog
In this paper mainly various physical and chemical
compositions of Grog are found out. Chemical composition Content Proportion
of Grog is compared with that of Sand. The main physical
Silica SiO2 53.20%
properties are particle size, specific gravity, bulk density,
Water absorption. The Grog sample for analysis of the Allumina Al2O3 21.28%
properties is taken from Naroda, Ahmedabad. Ferric Oxide Fe2O3 10.44%
Calcium Oxide CaO 1.03%
Magnesium Oxide MgO 2.81%
Sodium Oxide Na2O 1.40%
Pottasium Oxide K2O 1.21%
SO3 0.40%

Table 4 Chemical composition of sand

3. RESULT
Various content IS standard Results
Table 1 Data of Sieve Analysis of Grog
Silica (SiO2) IS :4032 90.5

IS sieve Individual Cumulative Cumulative Percentage Ferric Oxide , IS :4032 1.7

weight weight % retained passing (Fe2O3)
retained on retained
sieve gm Alumina ,( Al2O3) IS :4032 1.42
gm Calcium Oxide IS :4032 0.09
10 mm 0 0 0 100
4.75 mm 0 0 0 100 CaO)
2.36 mm 0 0 0 100 Magnesium Oxide, IS :4032 1.171
1.18 mm 90 90 9 91
(MgO)
600 94 184 18.4 81.6
micron Sodium Oxide , IS :4032 1.4
300 342 526 52.6 47.4
(Na2O)
micron
150 362 888 88.8 11.2 Potassium Oxide , IS :4032 1.21
micron
(K2O)
pan 112 1000 100 0

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Table 5 Physical properties of sand

Properties Value

Bulk density 1649.913kg/m3

Specific gravity 2.369

Finesse modulas 0.2%

Water absorption 2.52

4. CONCLUSION
• The data of sieve analysis shows that 18.4 % particle
retained on 600 micron and 52.6 % particle retained
on 300 micron sieve which shows most of the
particles fall between 300 micron and 600 micron of
size
• The chemical composition is shows that it contains
higher amount of silica. It also contain ferric oxide
and alumina. Its chemical composition is up to some
extent similar to chemical composition of sand.
• It is feasible to use the water treatment sludge as a
partial replacement of fine aggregate in construction
industries.
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