UTILIZATION OF VITRIFIED CERAMIC TILE WASTE AS FINE AGGREGATE IN CEMENT MORTAR

Ceramic waste is one of the most active research areas that encompass a number of disciplines including civil engineering and construction materials. Ceramic waste tiles dumped away which results in environmental pollution, in addition to forming dust in summer and threatening both agriculture and public health. Therefore, utilization of the ceramic waste tiles in various industrial sectors especially the construction, agriculture and glass industries would help to protect the environment. It is most essential to develop eco-friendly cement mortar from ceramic waste. In this research study the sand has been replaced by ceramic waste as fine aggregates accordingly in the range of 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% by weight of sand. Cement mortar mixtures were produced, tested and compared in terms of compressive strength to the conventional cement mortar. These tests were carried out to evaluate the mechanical properties for 7, 14 and 28 days. As a result, the compressive strength achieved up to 10% replacing sand with ceramic waste as fine aggregate. This research work is concerned with the experimental investigation on strength of cement mortar and optimum percentage of the partial replacement by replacing sand via 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% of ceramic waste as fine aggregate. Keeping all this view, the aim of the investigation is to study the behavior of cement mortar while replacing the ceramic waste as fine aggregate with different proportions in cement mortar.