Special Issue Article Open Access

Performance Characteristics of Blended Cement

Abstract

Recent developments in civil engineering such as high-rise buildings and long-span bridges for which higher compressive strength concrete was the need of time. Currently, high-performance concrete is used in massive volumes due to its technical and economic advantages. This study focuses on the strength performance of concrete with metakaolin, silica fume and its blend. Cement replacements by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% with metakaolin, silica fume and its blend were studied. Concrete tests were conducted on the concrete samples at the specific ages. The comparison was made on the compressive strength performance of metakaolin, silica fume concrete and also its durability to acid resistance