Processing and Characterization of Fly-ash Compacts

Abstract

Industrial waste like fly-ash which is producing environmental problems, is mainly used as a construction material due to its low cost and easy availability. Disposal of such wastes is the major issue faced by the thermal power plant these days.But the main disadvantage of these bricks is its low strength. So, a lot of research is going on to increase the strength of these bricks.The present research work is carried out to develop a new systematic procedure to produce fly ash composite bricks through powder metallurgy route which will have higher compressive strength. Here the fly-ash is mixed with Cold setting resin at different proportions to find out a solution to the brick industry. Morphological changes, Wear behavior & Phase analysis of these compacts are characterized through Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Ball on plate Wear tester & X-ray diffraction study (XRD).