ABSTRACT
Trial Mix Design) ................................................................................186 13.5.2 Mix Number 2 (Determination of Sand Content) ................................ 188 13.5.3 Mix Number 3 (Determination of Water Content) .............................. 190 13.5.4 Mix Number 4 (Determination of Silica Fume Content) .................... 191 13.5.5 Mix Number 5 (Determination of the Final Melamine
Plastic Content) ...................................................................................193 13.5.6 Comparison between the Results this chapter and the Results of the
Studied by Panyakapo and Panyakapo [5] ..........................................197 13.5.7 Comparison Research Findings on the Use of Waste Plastic in
Concrete ...............................................................................................197 13.5.8 Comparison between Test Results and Various Standards .................. 197 13.6 Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 198 Keywords ................................................................................................................. 199 References ................................................................................................................ 199
13.1 INTRODUCTION
Plastic waste management is one of the major environmental concerns in the world. Plastics can be separated into two types. The first type is thermoplastic, which can be
melted for recycling in the plastic industry, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The second type is thermosetting plastic. This plastic cannot be melted by heating such as melamine. At present, these plastic wastes are disposed by either burning or burying. Therefore, both the ways contributing to the environmental problems. This chapter describes the use of thermosetting plastic waste as aggregate within lightweight concrete for building application. The ultimate aim of this chapter was to determine the suitable proportion to achieve the lowest dry density and acceptable compressive strength for non-load-bearing lightweight concrete according to ASTM C129 Type II standard. Experimental tests for the variation of mix proportion were carried out to determine the suitable proportion to achieve the required properties of standard. The mix design in this research is the proportion of plastic, sand, water-cement ratio, aluminum powder, silica fume, and superplasticizer.
