A REVIEW PAPER ON EFFECTS OF MIXING M-SAND AND GGBS AS A PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF FINE AGGERGATE AND CEMENT ON PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE

As is well knowledge, the components of concrete, a building material used in civil engineering, are binding agent, water, and coarse aggregate. Taking into account all of its aspects from preparation to recycling, it provides an excellent contribution to sustainable development. The research is conducted using synthetic sand, especially in light of environmental concerns. due to the depletion of natural resources limited resources, environmental considerations, and a lack of the highest quality Artificial sand can be one of the best substitutes for natural river sand, which forces concrete manufacturers to search for an acceptable alternative to fine-aggregate. The goal of the concrete industry is to reduce the damaging carbon dioxide emissions by using additional cementitious materials or industrial by-products that have disposal issues and pose a threat to the environment.. The solid wastes produced by industry, known as ground-granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), are utilized as a substitute for cement. As the properties of GGBS is very similar to that of cement that makes it the best substitute of cement. The partial replacement of cement with GGBS and sand with manufactured sand , the comparison is done with that of conventional concrete and differences will be presented in this study.