Behaviour of Recycled Polymer E Waste in Concrete

Abstract

The rapid growth of populations and usage of electronic products are rapidly newlineincreasing in the present digital world. Especially developed countries and developing newlinecountries are producing huge quantity of electronic products and wastes. In the same newlinetime, the construction field is growing in veridical scaling and yet to reach its top of newlinethe core in the coming decades. So, the demand of raw materials likes cements, fine newlineaggregate and coarse aggregate could go up. Lack of raw materials affects the growth newlineof the construction industry and it forces us to think on alternative construction newlinematerials for constructions. In this research study, the use of polymer E waste is newlineexperimentally investigated as building materials to replace the conventional course newlineaggregate. The use of electronic wastes in the concrete can resolve the problem of newlineelectronic waste and also satisfy the demand of raw materials for concrete. In this newlinepresent study, crushed polymer electronic wastes were partially replaced in concrete newlineas a coarse aggregate. The size of course aggregate produced from non-melted newlineelectronic wastes was varying from 10 mm to 12.5 mm. The E waste was added in newlineconcrete in percentage by volume with various percentages like 5%, 10%, 15%, 18% newlineand 20% based on the existing research outcomes in the published journal papers. The newlineconcrete cube specimens which are casted using E waste were tested and analyzed newlineunder various curing conditions with different chemicals to check the durability. newlineMajor parameters like durability, efficiency and performance of E waste concrete in newlinethe curing in various chemical solutions were determined. Reinforced concrete beams newlinewere casted using M40 and M50 grade of E waste concrete and the beams were newlineexamined under gradual loading conditions at various percentages of electronic newlinewastes. Mainly this research study brings out the behavior and performance of newlineconcrete using E wastes with various percentages in high strength concrete under the various loading conditions.