The environmental impact evaluation and testing of sustainable inorganic binders: A green alternative to ordinary Portland cement

Abstract

Sustainable alternative constituents to cement are required to reduce its detrimental impact on the environment. This study

mainly focuses on the alternative materials to cement which are all derived as by-products from steel/iron and MgO manufacturing

industry. These alternative materials have been popularised in the last few years for their effective usage in the environmental

applications. Furnace steel slag, low grade MgO and pulverised fly ash are the materials proposed as cement replacement. The

results of this study will be used to demonstrate the characteristics of alternative materials by means of both physical and chemical.

Keywords

• cement,Pulverised fuel ash,Magnesium Oxide,sustainable construction materials

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