PARAMETRIC STUDY OF DURABILITY PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE PREPARED USING MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES

Civil Engineering

Nanotechnology and Nano materials have much more advantages compare to conventional materials and are also helpful to overcome certain limitations of conventional materials. Among some of the nano materials Carbon Nanotubes are found to be useful in Construction industries along with construction materials thereby increasing and improving concrete properties. This experiment is based on usage of Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in (0.025%) proportions by weight of cement in preparation of M25 grade Concrete. For effectively using MWCNT in concrete Polycarboxyl ether Super plasticizer was used in (0.4) % proportion as a surfactant in water with MWCNT to disperse them. Sorptivity Test was conducted at 90 days. Cubes of (150 x 150 x 150) mm were used for testing. Cost comparison for 1m3 of concrete was calculated for normal design mix concrete and for MWCNT containing concrete. Applications of MWCNT were discuss.

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