Cane bagasse ash for manufacture of building materials: preliminary study

Valle del Cauca, for the environmental conditions, has suitable the sugar-cane-crops. A residue of cane processing, little explored is the ash from bagasse, objective of this study. The cane bagasse ash (CBA) is a by-product from the cane processing, so is pourly explored, being an interesting field...

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Autores:
Vidal, Dinaa V.
Torres, Janneth
González, Luis O.
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/50918
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/50918
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/44960/
Palabra clave:
Bagazo de caña
cenizas
actividad puzolánica
adiciones cementicias
Cane bagasse
ashes
pozzolanic activity
additions to cement
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Valle del Cauca, for the environmental conditions, has suitable the sugar-cane-crops. A residue of cane processing, little explored is the ash from bagasse, objective of this study. The cane bagasse ash (CBA) is a by-product from the cane processing, so is pourly explored, being an interesting field to research.  Once is used in industrial boilers, leads to the CBA, the material waste like a coal or fly ash is considered a material with pozzolanic character by some researchers. Three ashes from sugar industries from Valle del Cauca, through chemistry composition, X-ray diffraction and pozzolanic activity were studied. The ashes analyzed, are composed of silica SiO2 and alumina Al2O3 in different proportions and with amorphicity in its structure, which favors the reactivity with cement. The samples were thermally treated due to the high content of unburned, and were determined pozzolanic activity index, which value (until 98%) is complying with the ASTM C618.  With the results it was concluded that this residue may be added to the cement for construction materials. It is suggested further study of mechanical strength and durability.