ABSTRACT
Abstract
Abstract
Common bricks in construction industry use in construction is sand brick. Cement brick or sand brick made from sand mixed with cement. Usage demand of sand cement brick resulted to the increase of demand for sand. As a concern to environmental issues especially on the shortage of natural sand and plastic issues Therefore a study on exploring replacement material to natural sand is required. Plastic bags are made from crude oil, which is made into a hard or a soft material. In this short time, their extreme convenience has made them widespread all aspects of life, making them the synonym of waste. However, their decomposition is a very long process. In this study the plastics used as sand replacement material to produce sand cement brick grade 5 N/mm2 and 10 N/mm2 called Hybrid Environmental Brick (HEB) The effect of plastic to compressive strength and density of brick containing plastic compared containing river sand was identified and discuss in this paper. HEB is a new type and concept of brick. HEB is casted in three layers with two different strength grades and different materials. The HEB developed through this concept produced different properties of brick as compared to normal sand cement brick. All the important properties of HEB were identified and presented in this study. Then the resulting analysis of this comparison determined the optimum mix for HEB. The finding showed that the optimum mix for this study was acceptable brick by the characteristics study. From results obtained is found that plastic is highly potential to be use as sand replacement material in a production of sand cement brick. Even though, compressive strength of sand cement containing plastic is lower but the properties are still satisfied to use in industry. Finally it can be conclude that the HEB can be produced as new type of brick in construction industry as it reduce the application of sand and cement in order to produce a good quality bricks with followed requirements.
Common bricks in construction industry use in construction is sand brick. Cement brick or sand brick made from sand mixed with cement. Usage demand of sand cement brick resulted to the increase of demand for sand. As a concern to environmental issues especially on the shortage of natural sand and plastic issues Therefore a study on exploring replacement material to natural sand is required. Plastic bags are made from crude oil, which is made into a hard or a soft material. In this short time, their extreme convenience has made them widespread all aspects of life, making them the synonym of waste. However, their decomposition is a very long process. In this study the plastics used as sand replacement material to produce sand cement brick grade 5 N/mm2 and 10 N/mm2 called Hybrid Environmental Brick (HEB) The effect of plastic to compressive strength and density of brick containing plastic compared containing river sand was identified and discuss in this paper. HEB is a new type and concept of brick. HEB is casted in three layers with two different strength grades and different materials. The HEB developed through this concept produced different properties of brick as compared to normal sand cement brick. All the important properties of HEB were identified and presented in this study. Then the resulting analysis of this comparison determined the optimum mix for HEB. The finding showed that the optimum mix for this study was acceptable brick by the characteristics study. From results obtained is found that plastic is highly potential to be use as sand replacement material in a production of sand cement brick. Even though, compressive strength of sand cement containing plastic is lower but the properties are still satisfied to use in industry. Finally it can be conclude that the HEB can be produced as new type of brick in construction industry as it reduce the application of sand and cement in order to produce a good quality bricks with followed requirements.
Keyword: Hybrid, brick, plastic, sand, cement
Keyword: Hybrid, brick, plastic, sand, cement