Analysis of Magnesium Oxychloride Cement as an Alternate Building Material

Abstract

The recent development has provided us with various types of environmental friendly cementitious material, magnesium oxychloride cement is one of them. This cement can develop great strength with any of the treatments such as heat treatment or steam curing. This is because the bonding material that is responsible for the strength is easily achieved at normal conditions. MOC has drawn much Interest in the research in this area as the scientists are keen in finding new and ecofriendly ways of construction. Green cement and concrete is the need of the hour and this what MOC is offering energy saving and protection of environment. Magnesium phosphate cement is used for the repair purpose at the time of maintenance and mainly for repair purpose. The preparation process of this cement can not only save a lot of energy but also emit comparatively or very less carbon dioxide into the environment. For magnesium Oxychloride cement, our research is will include the study of formulation of mixes, deciding optimal mix proportion, strength development and check, water resistance fire resistance of the cement. The influence of inert filler (Bagasse) The cement properties measured by standard consistency, setting time, moisture ingress compressive strength and soundness with magnesium oxide and magnesium chloride has been investigated. The compressive strength, moisture ingress soundness and the standard consistency of the sample gets receded with the treatment with the inert filler but more setting time was observed on increasing the quantity of the filler. The most critical parameter to be considered while designing the molar ratio of MgO/MgCl2 are the reactivity of the MgO powder.