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Utilization of Agroresidual Waste in Effective Blending in Portland Cement

Microstructural properties of bagasse ash mortar.


Percentage of replacement level	Oven dry weight A (gm)	Sat. weight after immersion B (gm)	Sat. weight after boiling C (gm)	Immersed weight D (gm)	Percentage of water absorption after immersion (*)	Percentage of water absorption after boiling	Bulk specific gravity after drying	Bulk specific gravity after immersion	Bulk specific gravity after boiling	Apparent specific gravity	Percentage of volume of permeable voids (**)	Effective porosity

0	464.66	494.655	501.075	278.73	6.45	7.83	2.0898	2.2247	2.2535	2.4991	19.58	13.19
5	471.76	509.70	515.61	283.61	8.04	9.29	2.0366	2.2003	2.2259	2.5121	18.92	16.00
10	465.97	504.81	512.84	281.86	8.33	10.05	2.0173	2.1856	2.2202	2.5309	20.29	16.53
15	482.44	526.56	533.27	290.42	9.14	10.53	1.6611	1.8130	1.8362	2.5124	33.88	18.64
20	449.16	491.59	498.88	268.60	9.44	11.06	1.9504	2.1347	2.1664	2.4875	21.59	17.34
25	417.15	457.03	475.29	253.71	9.56	13.93	1.8826	2.0625	2.1455	2.5523	26.23	17.82
30	411.73	459.26	475.40	252.71	11.54	15.46	1.8488	2.0623	2.1348	2.5891	28.59	20.65
35	379.09	430.89	447.04	231.77	13.66	17.92	1.7609	2.0016	2.0766	2.5732	31.56	23.13