Experimental Study of Sand-Cement Brick with Expanded Polystyrene Beads and Silica Fume as Partial Replacement Materials

The construction industry is growing fast alongside the growth of economy and population. As one major building materials, brick in high demand for purposes. continuous will eventually lead to a shortage raw materials long run, such as sand Ordinary Portland cement. This issue could be resolved by utilizing waste Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) beads Silica Fume (SF), replacement cement production bricks, respectively. In this study, 120 specimens were produced with EPS removed 10% 15% while SF 20% cement-to-sand ratio water-to-cement 1:2.5 0.5 performance bricks was analyzed aspect compressive strength, density, water absorption, strength weight (s-w ratio). found reduce strengthen mix thus compensating loss caused beads. For application, respectively, recommended, it achieved minimum requirement industry.