Analysis of Fillers for Production of Alternative Building Materials Using Magnesia Cement
| dc.contributor.advisor | Assefa, Berhanu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tadele, Tamrat | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-17T06:15:22Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T14:54:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-17T06:15:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T14:54:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Fillers, which are available in the country, are essential for the production of magnesia cement boards. These include pumice and lignocellulostic fillers such as bagasse, sawdust and coffee husk. While applying these fillers to produce the boards, their nature and performance should be studied. Magnesia cement was used as binding materials; varying boards were produced for different proportion fillers with fixed ratio of magnesium oxide and magnesium chloride. For the board produced, density, water absorption, and setting time as well as mechanical properties such as the compressive strength and the bending strength determined. In addition, the effects of different fillers on the properties of the board and production cost were examined. When the saw dust and coffee husk filler substituted the current used bagasse filler, the water absorption and setting time of the boards reduced. While the density, bending strength and compressive strength of the board increased. The mix ratio of fillers and pumice powder had also influence on the physical and mechanical property of the boards. The test results showed as the proportion of the pumice increased, the mechanical strength of the boards increased and the setting time of the cement paste reduced. The cost analysis showed that the saw dust board production cost was lower than coffee husk and bagasse board cost. While the production cost of the coffee husk board was slightly higher than others. viii In aim of production of filler boards as alternative building materials are, the cost comparison showed in the possibility of producing relatively low price than the hollow concrete blocks included finishing work cost. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/8843 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Process Engineering | en_US |
| dc.title | Analysis of Fillers for Production of Alternative Building Materials Using Magnesia Cement | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |