Abstract:
Cement is the primary ingredient in concrete, used to create pastes that strengthen the
bond. The emission of CO2 into the atmosphere has been considerably impacted by the
manufacture of cement. Additionally, a lot of energy is required for production. On the
other hand, wastes like sugarcane bagasse ash and cattle bones seriously harm the
environment. Cattle bone wastes from slaughterhouses and sugarcane bagasse ash wastes
collected from Wunji sugar factory have been used in this study. The main objective of the
study was to use these waste products as a partial replacement for cement. The cattle bone
was burned at a temperature of 900°c to produce the appropriate cementitious property of
cattle bone ash. The temperature at which sugarcane bagasse ash burned was 700
o
C. In
this study, a qualitative research methodology was applied. Characterization of the SBA
and CBA materials has been done using x-ray florescence (XRF). Since several researches
consistently employed the same percentage, this research tends to use an equal amount of
bagasse and cattle bone ash was added to the regular concrete mix after carrying out trial
mixes for the amount of SBA and CBA and applied to the replacement percentages of 5%,
10%, 15%, and 20% by weight of cement. The results of compressive and tensile strength
of cured concrete demonstrate that it is stronger when up to 10% of the cement is replaced
with a mixture of bagasse and cattle bone ash. Concrete strength can be increased by
adding combined bagasse and cattle bone ash to concrete. Additionally, using combined
SBA and CBA in the cement will enhance the early strength attainment as a result of
increasing the tricalcium silicate (C3S) as the percentage increases from 0 to 20, while the
compound dicalcium silicate (C2S) which is responsible for the long-term strength of
concrete decreases which results in the almost small change of concrete strength as the
age of concrete increases. Micro-structural of concrete using XRD, SEM, FT-IR, TGA and
DTA has been analyzed for a curing age of 28 days. The microstructural analysis of cement
paste at 28 curing ages of concrete of BCBA-10 shows improved (C-S-H gel) which
enhances and improved the compressive and tensile strength of concrete.
Key words: Cattle Bone Ash, Sugarcane Bagasse, Cement, Micro-Structural Property