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Calcium Carbide Residue and Rice Husk Ash for improving the Compressive Strength of Compressed Earth Blocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2018

Philbert Nshimiyimana ,
David Miraucourt ,
Adamah Messan  and
Luc Courard
Philbert Nshimiyimana*
Affiliation:
Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (2iE), Laboratoire Eco-Matériaux de Construction (LEMC), Rue de la Science, 01, BP 594 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso. Université de Liège (ULiège), Urban and Environmental Engineering (UEE), Laboratoire des Matériaux de Construction (LMC), Allée de la Découverte, 9, 4000Liège, Belgique.
David Miraucourt
Affiliation:
Université de Liège (ULiège), Urban and Environmental Engineering (UEE), Laboratoire des Matériaux de Construction (LMC), Allée de la Découverte, 9, 4000Liège, Belgique.
Adamah Messan
Affiliation:
Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (2iE), Laboratoire Eco-Matériaux de Construction (LEMC), Rue de la Science, 01, BP 594 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
Luc Courard
Affiliation:
Université de Liège (ULiège), Urban and Environmental Engineering (UEE), Laboratoire des Matériaux de Construction (LMC), Allée de la Découverte, 9, 4000Liège, Belgique.
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*Corresponding author: Philbert Nshimiyimana, E-mail: pnshimiyimana@doct.uliege.be
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Abstract

Earth stabilization, using two by-products available in Burkina Faso: Calcium Carbide Residue (CCR) and Rice Husk Ash (RHA), improved the performance of compressed earth blocks (CEBs). The effect of adding CCR or CCR: RHA (in various ratios) to the clayey earth was investigated. CEBs were molded by manually compressing moisturized mixtures of earthen materials and 0-15 % CCR or CCR: RHA (various ratios) with respect to the weight of earthen material. The results showed that, with 15 % CCR: RHA in 7: 3 ratio, the compressive strength of CEBs (6.6 MPa) is three times that of the CEBs containing 15 % CCR alone (2.2 MPa). This improvement was related to the pozzolanic reaction between CCR, clay and RHA. These CEBs comply with the requirement for wall construction of two-storey housing.

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chemical reactionamorphousmixturesecond phasesstrength
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MRS Advances , Volume 3 , Issue 34-35: African Materials Research Society 2017 , 2018 , pp. 2009 - 2014
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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