Abstract

Common river sand is expensive due to excessive cost of transportation from natural sources. Also large scale depletion of these sources creates environmental problems. In such a situation the Quarry Rock Dust can be economical alternative to the river sand. Quarry Rock Dust can be defined as residue, tailing or other non-voluble waste material after the extraction and processing of rocks to form fine particles less than 4.75mm. Usually, Quarry Rock Dust is used in large in the highways as a surface finishing material and also used for manufacturing of hollow blocks and light weight concrete prefabricated elements. Use of Quarry rock dust as a fine aggregate in concrete draws serious attention of researchers and investigation

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