Influence of limestone waste as partial replacement material for sand and marble powder in concrete properties

Peer review under responsibility of Housing and Building National Research Center.

Figures & data

Fig. 5 Effect of 50% LSW as a partial replacement of sand weight, with 5%, 10% and 15% MP by weight from cement, phase I (350 kg/m³).

Fig. 6 Effect of 75% LSW as a partial replacement of sand weight, with 5%, 10% and 15% MP by weight from cement, phase I (350 kg/m³).

Fig. 10 Effect of 50% LSW as a partial replacement of sand weight, with 5%, 10% and 15% MP by weight from cement, phase II (450 kg/m³).

Fig. 11 Effect of 75% LSW as a partial replacement of sand weight, with 5%, 10% and 15% MP by weight from cement, phase II (450 kg/m³).

Table 1 The chemical characteristics of the LSW.

Property%	SiO2	Al2O3	Fe2O3	CaO	MgO	SO3	Na2O	K2O	CL	Loss on Ignition (L.O.I)
Results%	6.49	0.78	0.36	34.95	14.44	0.67	0.10	0.40	0.61	41

Table 2 Physical and mechanical properties of lime stone waste (LSW).

Property	Results	% Limits
Specific weight	2.61	Not more than 2.7 ^⁎⁎
Bulk density (t/m3)	1.68	–
Water absorption%	2.1	Not more than 2.5^⁎⁎
Fine dust content%	15.17	Not more than 5^⁎⁎

⁎⁎ Limits of ECCS203-2008 [10].

Table 3 Chemical properties of marble powder.

Property%	SiO2	Al2O3	Fe2O3	CaO	MgO	Na2O	K2O	CL
Results%	14.08	2.69	1.94	42.14	2.77	0.91	0.63	0.04

Table 4 Physical properties of marble powder.

Property	Test results
Specific surface area (cm^2/gm)	11.4^∗10^3
bulk density (kg/m)	520
Specific gravity	2.5
color	Light gray

Fig. 1 Effect of cement content in mix control on the compressive strength. phase I (350 kg/m³).

Table 5 Result of the compressive strength specimens phase I.

Mix symbol	% (LSW)	% (M.P)	Compressive strength (MPa)
			7 days	28 days	90 days
${\text{N}}_{-350}^{\ast }$	0.0	0.0	26.2	33.5	36.7
N25–350	25		27.9	38.1	39.7
N50–350	50		29.3	37.7	40.9
N75–350	75		28.1	31.8	35.2
M1–350	0.0	5 10 15	29.3 31.7 33.7	35.2 39 40.6	38.4 42.3 44.5
M2–350
M3–350
M4–350	25	5 10 15	31.1 36.2 38.8	38.5 42.2 44.1	41.6 44.8 46.5
M5–350
M6–350
M7–350	50	5 10 15	31.2 34.9 36.5	38.3 41.7 43.6	41.9 44.3 46.4
M8–350
M9–350
M10–350	75	5 10 15	28.5 30.1 31.2	35.5 38.6 40.7	37.2 41.6 43.4
M11–350
M12–350

Table 6 Result of the compressive strength specimens phase II.

Mix symbol	% (LSW)	% (M.P)	Compressive strength (MPa)
			7 days	28 days	90 days
${\text{N}}_{-450}^{\ast }$	0.0	0.0	29.7	41.7	45.8
N25–450	25		31.5	41.9	48.4
N50–450	50		28.9	40.3	45.2
N75–450	75		27.1	38.2	44.3
M1–450	0.0	5 10 15	35.5 37.9 40.7	44.1 48.4 51.2	49.7 52.8 56
M2–450
M3–450
M4–450	25	5 10 15	36.4 37.1 39.8	44.3 46.9 50.2	50.3 53 55.1
M5–450
M6–450
M7-450	50	5 10 15	33.6 36.4 37.8	43.4 46.8 48.4	46.9 50.1 53.2
M8–450
M9–450
M10–450	75	5 10 15	31.5 33.1 35	42.5 46.9 49.1	46.5 48.8 51.8
M11–450
M12–450

Fig. 2 Effect of 25%, 50% and 75% LSW as a replacement from sand, as compared to normal strength concrete, phase I (350 kg/m³).

Fig. 3 Effect of MP contents as an addition material from the cement weight, on compressive strength, phase I (350 kg/m³).

Fig. 4 Effect of 25% LSW as a partial replacement of sand weight, with 5%, 10% and 15% MP by weight from cement, phase I (350 kg/m³).

Fig. 7 Effect of 25%, 50% and 75% LSW as a replacement from sand, as compared to normal strength concrete, phase II (450 kg/m³).

Fig. 8 Effect of MP contents as an addition materials from cement weight, phase II (450 kg/m³).

Fig. 9 Effect of 25% LSW as a partial replacement of sand weight, with 5%, 10% and 15% MP by weight from cement, phase II (450 kg/m³).

Fig. 12 Effect of LSW with 15% M.P on the tensile strength, phase I (350 kg/m³).

Fig. 13 Effect of LSW with 15% M.P on the tensile strength, phase II (450 kg/m³).

Table 7 The tensile strength of concrete specimens, for selected mixes, phase I.

Mix symbol	% (LSW)	% (M.P)	350 Kg/m^3
			fsp,28 day	fsp/fcu
			MPa
${\text{N}}_{-350}^{\ast }$	0	0	3.7	11
M3–350	0	15	4.1	10.1
M9–350	50	15	4.5	10.3

Table 8 The tensile strength of concrete specimens, for selected mixes, phase II.

Mix symbol	(LSW)	(M.P)	450 Kg/m^3
			fsp,28 day	fsp/fcu
			MPa
${\text{N}}_{-450}^{\ast }$	0	0	4.7	11.3
M3–450	0	15	5.6	10.9
M9–450	50	15	5.1	10.5

Fig. 14 Effect of 15%M.P and LSW on the flexural strength, phase I (350 kg/m³).

Fig. 15 Effect of 15% M.P and LSW on the flexural strength, phase II (450 kg/m³).

Table 9 Flexural strength of concrete specimens, for selected mixes, phase I.

Mix symbol	(LSW)	(MP)	350 Kg/m^3
			fsp,28 day	fsp/fcu
			MPa
${\text{N}}_{-350}^{\ast }$	0	0	5.69	18.2
M3–350	0	15	6.2	16
M9–350	50	15	6.14	16.9

Table 10 Flexural strength of concrete specimens, for selected mixes, phase II.

Mix symbol	(LSW)	(MP)	350 Kg/m^3
			fsp,28 day	fsp/fcu
			MPa
${\text{N}}_{-450}^{\ast }$	0	0	7.6	17.7
M3–450	0	15	8.4	16.4
M9–450	50	15	8.2	16.9