Fly ash

Fly ash

Fly ash brick (FAB) is a building material,
specifically masonry units, containing class C fly
ash and water.

Compressed at 28 MPa(272 atm) and cured for 24

hours in a 66 C steam bath, then toughened with
an air entrainment agent, the bricks last for more
than100 freeze-thaw cycles.

Owing to the high concentration of calcium

oxide in class C fly ash, the brick is described as
"self-cementing". The manufacturing method saves
energy, reduces mercury pollution and costs 20%
less than traditional clay brick manufacturing.
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The raw materials for fly ash Acc Blocks are:

Fly ash bricks are lighter than clay bricks.

Material Mass
Fly ash 45%

Sand/stone dust 40%

Lime sludge 10%

Gypsum 5%

Total formula of material 100%

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Advantages
High Fire Insulation

Due to high strength, practically no breakage
during transport and use.
Due to uniform size of bricks mortar required for joints
and plaster reduces almost by 50%.
Due to lower water penetration seepage of water through
bricks is considerably reduced.
Gypsum plaster can be directly applied on these bricks
without a backing coat of lime plaster.
These bricks do not require soaking in water for 24
hours. Sprinkling of water before use is enough.
Disadvantages
Mechanical strength is low. But this can be rectified by
adding marble waste, or Mortar between blocks.
Limitation of size. Only modular size can be produced.
Large size will have more breakages.
 Fly Ash Applications

Fly ash could be used as prime material in
blocks, paving or bricks, however, on the most
important applications is PCC pavement. PCC
pavements use a large amount of concrete and
using fly ash provide great economic
benefits. Coal-fired power plants produce fly
ash, providing an excellent prime material used
in blended cement, mosaic tiles, and hollow
blocks among others.
Fly ash has also been used recently for paving
roads, and as embankment and mine fills.
 Fly Ash Drawbacks

major concerns about using fly ash concrete
are:
Slower strength gain
Seasonal Limitation, and
Increase in air entraining admixtures.
Higher fly ash contents can produce an
increase of salt scaling.