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Volume 19: Issue 2
Performance of sugarcane molasses in concrete under hot weather
Authors:
Mahdi J. Hussein Department of Construction and Building Engineering Technologies, College of Technical Engineering, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Najaf, Iraq

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Maryam H. Naser Department of Water Resources Management Engineering, College of Engineering, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq

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Fatimah H. Naser Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq

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Ali Hameed Naser Almamoori Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq

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Mohammed L. Hussien Department of Building and Construction Techniques Engineering, College of Engineering and Engineering Techniques, Al-Mustaqbal University, Babylon, Iraq

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Pages:
68–75
Online Publication Date:
12 Feb 2024
Publication Date:
24 Jun 2024
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/606.2023.00904
Keywords:
concrete; sugarcane molasses; retarding admixture; water reducing admixture; hot weather
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Abstract

The present research studies the effect of adding sugar factory waste sugarcane molasses as an alternative to chemical inhibitory additives manufactured on concrete cast during hot weather in the summer of Iraq. The current study includes a study of the setting time for cement paste and workability for fresh concrete and some mechanical properties of hardened concrete with sugarcane molasses using percentage 0–0.3% of cement weight. The study also included studying the value of pH of concrete to investigate the effect of sugarcane molasses on reinforced concrete. The results showed that the sugarcane molasses can be used by about 0.1% of cement weight for medium projects and between 0.1 and 0.2% for large projects. It was also found that the compression strength increased by about 11.5% and the indirect tensile strength increased by about 7.5 and 7.4% for splitting and flexural test, respectively for concrete mixtures containing 0.2% of sugarcane molasses.

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