EFFECT OF ACRYLAMIDE GRAFTED POLYETHENE WASTE ON THE PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE COMPOSITE

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dc.contributor.authorABUBAKAR, IDRIS ALHAJI
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-11T08:41:46Z
dc.date.available2016-05-11T08:41:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-10
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATIONSUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN COLOUR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TEXTILE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis research investigates the effect of acrylamide grafted polyethene waste on the physico-mechanical properties of concrete composite. The investigation was first carried out by hydroxylation before chemical grafting of acrylamide onto polyethene, to serve as filler for the production of the composite. Secondly, the grafted polyethene was used to replace the weight of aggregate in the production of Concrete Composites Cubes (CCCs) of standard dimensions (15cm x 15cm x 15cm). The results obtained from Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectra shows that the grafting was successful as indicated by the absorption peaks at 1639.55cm-1 and 1712.85cm-1 due to acrylamide functional group. The FT-IR spectraalso shows the presence of the other functional groups at absorption peaks of 3301.28cm-1 and 3621.47cm-1 (N – H), 1059.92cm-1, 1368.97cm-1, 1024.24cm-1, 1290.42cm-1 and 1368.54cm-1 (C – N) functional groups. The compaction factor for the concrete mixes was 0.67 – 0.97 and slump test values of 10mm – 265mm. The CCCs produced show water absorption (3% - 25%), density (1320 – 2280kg/m3), compressive strength (0.67 – 5.63N/mm2). The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) results for the morphology of the grafted CCCs shows better interaction of aggregates than the ungrafted CCCs and presented fewer voids in the fibre/pore morphology.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7854
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEFFECT,en_US
dc.subjectACRYLAMIDE GRAFTED POLYETHENE,en_US
dc.subjectPHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES,en_US
dc.subjectCONCRETE COMPOSITE,en_US
dc.titleEFFECT OF ACRYLAMIDE GRAFTED POLYETHENE WASTE ON THE PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE COMPOSITEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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