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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/acc.2018.6.2.145

Review study towards effect of Silica Fume on the fresh and hardened properties of concrete  

Imam, Ashhad (Department of Civil Engineering, Shepherd Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences)
Kumar, Vikash (Department of Civil Engineering, Shepherd Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences)
Srivastava, Vikas (Department of Civil Engineering, Shepherd Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences)
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Advances in concrete construction / v.6, no.2, 2018 , pp. 145-157 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a review on the use of Silica Fume (SF) as a mineral admixture in the concrete. Distinctive outcome from several researches have been demonstrated here, particularly emphasizing on the fresh and hardened properties of concrete when blended with Silica Fume (Micro-silica or Nano-silica). The results showed a substantial enhancement in the mechanical properties of concrete when replaced with SF. The review also presented a brief idea of percentage replacement of SF in case of normal and high-strength concrete. A decreasing trend in workability (slump value) has been identified when there is a increase in percentage replacement of SF. It can be concluded that the optimize percentage of replacement with SF lies in the range of 8-10% particularly for compressive strength. However the variation of blending goes up to 12-15% in case of split tensile and flexure strength of concrete. The study also demonstrates the effect of silica fume on durability parameters like water absorption, permeability, sulphate attack and chloride attack.
Keywords
Silica Fume; workability; compressive strength; split tensile strength; flexure strength;
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