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Workability and Strength of Ceramsite Self-Compacting Concrete with Steel Slag Sand

Suiwei Pan¹, Anqi Ren¹, Yongli Peng¹, Min Wu², Wanguo Dong³, Chunlin Liu², Depeng Chen^2,*

1 School of Construction Engineering, Ma’anshan University, Ma’anshan, 243100, China
2 School of Architectural and Civil Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, 243032, China
3 School of Management Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, 243032, China

* Corresponding Author: Depeng Chen. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Circular Economy in the Development of Eco-Friendly Materials for Construction)

Journal of Renewable Materials 2023, 11(2), 881-904. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.023000

Received 04 April 2022; Accepted 05 May 2022; Issue published 22 September 2022

Abstract

This study focuses on the workability and compressive strength of ceramsite self-compacting concrete with fine aggregate partially substituted by steel slag sand (CSLSCC) to prevent the pollution of steel slag in the environment. The SF, J-ring, visual stability index, and sieve analysis tests are primarily employed in this research to investigate the workability of freshly mixed self-compacting concrete containing steel slag at various steel slag sand replacement rates. The experiment results indicate that CSLSCC with the 20% volume percentage of steel slag (VPS) performs better workability, higher strength, and higher specific strength. The 7-day compressive strength of CSLSCC with the 0.4 of the water-binder ratio (W/B), decreases with the increase of steel slag content, while the 28-day compressive strength increases significantly. The ceramsite self-compacting concrete with good comprehensive performance can be obtained when the substitution rate of steel slag sand for fine aggregate is less than 20% (volume percentage).

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