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    Generally, Sand Is Not Used in Mortar To Increase Its Strength. Rather It Is Mainly Used As An Inert Material To Increase The Volume of Mortar For The Economy

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    The document discusses using rice husk ash (RHA) to partially replace sand in cement mortar. Key points include: - Existing research has used RHA to fully replace soil in earth blocks and partially replace sand in bricks, but replacing sand in mortar is considered more practical. - Sand is commonly used in mortar as an inert material rather than to increase strength. Replacing sand with RHA addresses scarcity of river sand due to erosion and environmental issues. - Tests will examine the compressive strength, water absorption, consistency and setting time of mortar with partial RHA replacement of sand.

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    Generally, Sand Is Not Used in Mortar To Increase Its Strength. Rather It Is Mainly Used As An Inert Material To Increase The Volume of Mortar For The Economy

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    The document discusses using rice husk ash (RHA) to partially replace sand in cement mortar. Key points include: - Existing research has used RHA to fully replace soil in earth blocks and partially replace sand in bricks, but replacing sand in mortar is considered more practical. - Sand is commonly used in mortar as an inert material rather than to increase strength. Replacing sand with RHA addresses scarcity of river sand due to erosion and environmental issues. - Tests will examine the compressive strength, water absorption, consistency and setting time of mortar with partial RHA replacement of sand.

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    The document discusses using rice husk ash (RHA) to partially replace sand in cement mortar. Key points include: - Existing research has used RHA to fully replace soil in earth blocks and partially replace sand in bricks, but replacing sand in mortar is considered more practical. - Sand is commonly used in mortar as an inert material rather than to increase strength. Replacing sand with RHA addresses scarcity of river sand due to erosion and environmental issues. - Tests will examine the compressive strength, water absorption, consistency and setting time of mortar with partial RHA replacement of sand.

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    Generally, Sand Is Not Used in Mortar To Increase Its Strength. Rather It Is Mainly Used As An Inert Material To Increase The Volume of Mortar For The Economy

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    The document discusses using rice husk ash (RHA) to partially replace sand in cement mortar. Key points include: - Existing research has used RHA to fully replace soil in earth blocks and partially replace sand in bricks, but replacing sand in mortar is considered more practical. - Sand is commonly used in mortar as an inert material rather than to increase strength. Replacing sand with RHA addresses scarcity of river sand due to erosion and environmental issues. - Tests will examine the compressive strength, water absorption, consistency and setting time of mortar with partial RHA replacement of sand.

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    Sand cement brick

    Mix proportions
    Sizes of sand
    Tests and uses
    TCLP total characteristic leaching procedure

    RHA as sand replacement in cement mortar


    RRL ng mortar ano kailangan iimprove
    Like workability

    Update: box, kaso

    Additional RRL:
    -to address questions nung midterms
    -we came across this particular RRL which stated there is a range of soil particle distribution
    suitable for building earth blocks. If the soil doesn’t meet the requirements, there is need for a
    stabilizer such as cement or line to utilize the soil for earth block production.
    -therefore, we realized that the soil type or classification does not matter since all types can be
    used.
    -there is already an existing research on the utilization of RHA as 100% replacement of soil.
    -RHA as partial replacement of sand in bricks but its impractical
    -RHA as partial replacement of Sand in mortar.

    -function of sand in mortar


    -why replace sand?
    -Tests: compressive strength, water absorption, normal consistency test, initial and final setting
    time tests

    We will stick with RHA as our waste material, since there is an abundance of this anywhere in
    our country. We decided that we will be replacing sand instead of cement due to the number of
    existing studies on cement replacement by waste materials. However, we then decided to focus
    on mortar, which is more practical for sand replacement than our previous proposal which is on
    soil bricks. Our choice of replacing sand instead of cement was influenced by Dr. Aziz who
    wrote that:

     Generally, sand is not used in mortar to increase its strength. Rather it is mainly
    used as an inert material to increase the volume of mortar for the economy.

    Why replace sand?


    Sand is a prime material used for preparation of mortar and concrete and
    which plays a major role in mix design. Now a day’s erosion of rivers and
    considering environmental issues, there is a scarcity of river sand.

    Also to address again other questions posed last time,


    Number 1, the rice husk is already burnt, since rice milling industries use this for fuel for the
    boilers in the production of rice.

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