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Abstract
Probably the most widely utilised building material worldwide is concrete. Portland cement is the primary component of ordinary concrete. Around the same quantity of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere during the manufacture of cement. Natural resources are being used up significantly in the cement industry. This has increased pressure to employ other materials to cut down on cement consumption. The water hyacinth, or Eichhornia crassipes, is a completely free biomass source that has not yet been used as an additional cementitious material. It doubles the population in two weeks by growing rapidly and richly to create a significant amount of biomass. This work will be helpful for the future application of water hyacinth ash in cement concrete since tests have been conducted to assess this bio-waste as cementitious material for the first time. The workability, compression strength, and split tensile strength performance of blended concrete with varying percentages of water hyacinth ash used to partially replace cement are the main subjects of the study. In concrete, the cement is substituted at weight percentages of 10% and 20%. Tests are conducted on concrete cubes after seven days of curing. Lastly, a comparison between the workability and strength performance of concrete blended with ash and standard concrete is made. The results of the experimental study indicate that the best substitute for cement is water hyacinth ash.
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