• Pratik Gajjar
• Virendra Singh
• Parth Thaker

One of the major environmental concerns is the disposal of the waste materials and utilization ofindustrial by products. Marble quarries will produce millions of tons waste dust powder every year. Havingconsiderable high degree of fineness in comparision to cement this material may be utilized as a partialreplacement to cement. For this purpose an experiment is conducted to investigate the possibility of using marble dust powder in the production of self compacting cement with combined use ground granulated blast furnace and how it affects the fresh and mechanicalproperties of self compacting concrete. As primarily, waste marble has been used as a replacement of cement and marble sand as a replacement of sand. M30 mix of self-compaction concrete was opted for experimental purpose. The effect of marble dust is evaluated by performing the different tests on the cubes and cylinders to know its durability, durability tests (compressive strength of cubes after cured in sodium chloride and sulphuric acid for 56 days). Tests of these specimens were conducted at 7, 28 and 56 days after casting. Finally, different results of all the tests will guide me to identify the appropriate percentage use of waste marble dust and marble sand for achieving the best result.

Durability, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace, Marble Dust, Self Compacting Concrete, Workability Test

"Improving the Durability of Self Compacting Concrete Using Waste Marble Dust and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 11, page no.663-670, November-2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1711113.pdf

"Improving the Durability of Self Compacting Concrete Using Waste Marble Dust and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 11, page no. pp663-670, November-2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1711113.pdf