Manufacturing, Physical and Chemical Characterization of Fire Clay Brick Value Added with Cow Dung Ash

Pius Rodney Fernando; Somasundaram Krishanth; Nilantha Bandara Rathnayake; Shanilka Aruni Welarahne

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Manufacturing, Physical and Chemical Characterization of Fire Clay Brick Value Added with Cow Dung Ash

Pius Rodney Fernando, Somasundaram Krishanth, Nilantha Bandara Rathnayake, Shanilka Aruni Welarahne

Published in American Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 25 May 2019 Accepted: 24 June 2019 Published: 12 July 2019

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Abstract

Aim of this study was to introduce an eco-friendly, low cost and durable clay bricks with partial substitution of Cow Dung Ash (CDA). Five types of clay brick, consist CDA percentages 0, 5 10, 15 and 20% to the total weight of mixture, were manufactured by employing traditional method of dimension (18.5×8.5×6.5) cm³. The clay and CDA were well mixed with the addition of sufficient amount of water to form a good workability. Green molded bricks were allowed to dry under sunlight for two days and then fired in the traditional brick kiln. Physical properties of the burned red bricks were then tested and analyzed with Sri Lankan and British Standard Specifications. The average density, water absorption, compressive strength and flexural strength for 10% Cow Dung Ash (CDA) are 1447 kg.m^-3, 17%, 150 kg.cm^-2 and 0.82 kg.cm^-2 respectively. These physical properties were compared with the standard brick purely manufactured from clay. From the results, clay-CDA bricks are obviously superior to the control brick; those are available in the Eastern region markets.

Published in	American Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajmsp.20190401.14
Page(s)	32-36
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

"Cow Dung, Cow Dung Ash, Fired Clay Bricks, Compressive Strength, Flexural Strength, Value Addition, Water Absorption, Eco-friendly "

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Pius Rodney Fernando, Somasundaram Krishanth, Nilantha Bandara Rathnayake, Shanilka Aruni Welarahne. (2019). Manufacturing, Physical and Chemical Characterization of Fire Clay Brick Value Added with Cow Dung Ash. American Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing, 4(1), 32-36. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajmsp.20190401.14

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Pius Rodney Fernando; Somasundaram Krishanth; Nilantha Bandara Rathnayake; Shanilka Aruni Welarahne. Manufacturing, Physical and Chemical Characterization of Fire Clay Brick Value Added with Cow Dung Ash. Am. J. Mater. Synth. Process. 2019, 4(1), 32-36. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmsp.20190401.14

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Pius Rodney Fernando, Somasundaram Krishanth, Nilantha Bandara Rathnayake, Shanilka Aruni Welarahne. Manufacturing, Physical and Chemical Characterization of Fire Clay Brick Value Added with Cow Dung Ash. Am J Mater Synth Process. 2019;4(1):32-36. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmsp.20190401.14

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Pius Rodney Fernando

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Eastern University, Chenkalady, Vanthrumoolai, Sri Lanka
Somasundaram Krishanth

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Eastern University, Chenkalady, Vanthrumoolai, Sri Lanka
Nilantha Bandara Rathnayake

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Eastern University, Chenkalady, Vanthrumoolai, Sri Lanka
Shanilka Aruni Welarahne

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Eastern University, Chenkalady, Vanthrumoolai, Sri Lanka

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