| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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14th Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing
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| Presentation Title |
L-8: Fly Ash Bricks: An Ecofriendly Construction Material, Its Properties and Uses in Different Environmental Areas (A Review) |
| Author(s) |
Manpreet Kaur Chahal, Onkar Singh Sidhu |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Manpreet Kaur Chahal |
| Abstract Scope |
Fly ash is generated in huge amount from thermal power plants as waste material, but it has advantages over the cement, clay and bricks that has been used in buildings, houses etc. in different parts of the world. Many researchers observed that heat emitted from cement enhanced the global warming. Besides this, bricks made from red clay causes removal of top soil which results in land degradation. The bricks that are made up of fly ash are relatively lighter in weight and stronger than common clay bricks. Along with this, fly ash is also used as a good fertilizer to crops and also be considered as a potential growth activist. Due to above environmental issues like soil infertility, solid waste, in many nations’ this wastes has been recycled into eco-friendly products that has been used as construction material.
Key words:- Fly ash, Fly ash bricks, cement and clay bricks |