Investigation of Crumb Rubber Proportion on Compressive strength and Water Absorption of Crumb Rubber Mortar

Tasiu Ashiru Sulaiman, Idris Ahmad Ja'e, Yusuf Yau, Yusuf Mansur Hashim

Abstract


The increasing environmental challenges and threat posed by Waste tyre have over the years received growing concern all over the world, the option of burning is ruled out for fear of environmental pollution. Hence, many devoted efforts through research have been dedicated to utilising waste tyre in the form of Crumb Rubber (CR) in the construction industry by way of incorporating it in cementations composite. The effort to reuse waste tyre in the form of crumb rubber concrete as well as mortar has been widely investigated. Despite a wide range study on Crumb Rubber Mortar (CRM) no available study is available on water absorption. Thus, this paper aims to fill this gap by investigating the influence of the varying percentage of CR on the water absorption as well as density and compressive strength of CRM. In this regard, mortar containing 0 %, 5 %, 10 %, 15 %, 20 %, 25 % and 30 % CR as a replacement for fine aggregate were investigated. Results from the study indicate a reduction in flow (slump) with an increase in the percentage of CR. However, the increase in compressive strength was only recorded with 5% CR replacement followed by subsequent decline with an increase in CR. On the hand, the increase in the percentage of CR results in an increase in water absorption property with the corresponding decrease in density. This infers that the inclusion of CR above 5% is not encouraged.


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