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It is an undeniable truth that concrete is the most extensively used construction material for all types of activities in building industry world over and will remain so for the next few decades. The popularity of concrete is due to the raw material, excellence in strength and durability, low manufacturing and maintenance costs, versatility in moulding various shapes and its unlimited structural applications in combination with steel structures. Nevertheless, the construction industry faces a big challenge due to its essential component of cement. The production of cement is an energy intensive process and the emission of huge amount of carbon dioxide during the time of cement production rises global warming and cement leads to distress in concrete in hostile environmental conditions now-a-days. Hence, there is a need to minimize the utilization of cement consumption and intensification of research in exploring the possibility of enhancing strength and durability characteristics through the use of mineral admixtures. Many of the developing countries are in the progress of developing substitute building materials based on indigenous materials. One of the major trust areas of research in concrete has been the use of supplementary cementitious materials or mineral admixtures for producing high performance concrete.
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