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    Performance of Fly Ash-Based Inorganic Polymer Mortar with Petroleum Sludge Ash
    (Polymers MDPI, 2021) Kankia, Usman Mubarak; Baloo, Lavania; Danlami, Nasiru; Bashar, S. Mohammed; Haruna, Sani; Abubakar, Mahmud; Jagaba, AhmadHussaini; Khalid, Sayed; Isyaka, Abdulkadir; Ibrahim, Umar Salihi
    Petroleum sludge is a waste product resulting from petroleum industries and it is a major source of environmental pollution. Therefore, developing strategies aimed at reducing its environmental impact and enhance cleaner production are crucial for environmental mortar. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used in designing the experimental work. The variables considered were the amount of petroleum sludge ash (PSA) in weight percent and the ratio of sodium silicate to sodium hydroxide, while the concentration of sodium hydroxide was kept constant in the production of geopolymer mortar cured at a temperature of 60 °C for 20 h. The effects of PSA on density, compressive strength, flexural strength, water absorption, drying shrinkage, morphology, and pore size distribution were investigated. The addition of PSA in the mortar enhanced the mechanical properties significantly at an early age and 28 days of curing. Thus, PSA could be used as a precursor material in the production of geopolymer mortar for green construction sustainability. This study aimed to investigate the influence of PSA in geopolymer mortar.
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    Investigation into the Mechanical properties of concrete using Pebbles from Bida Environ as coarse aggregate in concrete production
    (Polish Journal of Science, 2024-01-02) Abbas, B. A.; Abdullahi, M.; Sadiku S.; Aguwa J.I.; Abubakar J.; Kolo, D. N.
    Strength performance remains the most important property of structural concrete, from engineering point of view. This paper investigates the mechanical properties of concrete made from Bida natural stones, extensive experimental work was conducted using 1,600 specimens for compressive strength, flexural strength, splitting tensile strength and elastic modulus (four hundred specimens for each property). Central composite design was used for the factor setting with the following range of values; W/C= 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, CA/TA= 0.55, 0.615, 0.68, TA/C= 3.0, 4.5 and 6.0. The specimens were produced and cured for 7, 14, 21 and 28days. The highest strength was achieved using low W/C, low TA/C and high level of CA/TA corresponding to 0.4, 3.0 and 0.68 respectively