International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Investigation of Compressive Strength of ‎Cement/Silica Nanocomposite Using ‎Synthesized Silica Nanoparticles from ‎Sugarcane Bagasse Ash ‎

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
S. Basnet
S. Shah
R. Joshi
R. Pandit
Department of Chemistry, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Abstract
   The effect of silica nanoparticles used as a nanoporous additive in cement was studied with various wt- % ratios. Saccharum officinarum bagasse, an agricultural waste residue was used to synthesize silica nanoparticles as it contains a high amount of silica. The synthesized silica nanoparticles were characterized through XRD and FTIR spectroscopic analysis techniques. By the analysis of XRD, crystalline peaks were found to be particularly of quartz form of silica with an average size of 25.58 nm. The characteristic functional group of the extracted silica nanoparticle was observed at various absorption bands such as the peaks at 1056 cm-1 and 794 cm-1 correspond to Si-O-Si asymmetric and Si-O symmetric stretching modes respectively. The extracted silica nanoparticles were applied to form nanocomposites with cement to investigate their compressive strength and the silica nanoparticle was found to increase the compressive strength of cement due to the pozzolanic reaction of silica nanoparticles with Ca(OH)2.
Keywords
Compressive strength
FTIR
Silica nanoparticles
Sugarcane bagasse ash.‎

Subjects

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International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume 18, Issue 2
Spring 2022
Pages 93-98