Assiamah Sampson

Improving Tensile Strength Characteristics and Water Absorption of Laterite Interlocking Blocks Enhanced with Different Burnt Sawdust Ash from Timber Species

Assiamah Sampson, Charles K. Kankam, Russell Owusu Afrifa, Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah & Osei Jack Banahehe · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2024

Laterite interlocking blocks are usually compressed with cementing materials, Burnt Sawdust Ash (BSDA) to improve their performance properties for construction purpose. The study aimed to partially replace ordinary Portland cement (oPc) with burnt sawdust ash (BSDA) from timber s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jmsrr/2024/v7i4348

Influence of Burnt Sawdust Ash from Timber Species on the Chemical Strength Properties of Laterite-interlocking Blocks

Assiamah Sampson, Charles K. Kankam, Kwadwo Adinkrah-Appiah, Russell Owusu Afrifa, Osei Jack Banahene & Daniel Okai · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2024

In the construction industry in Ghana and many other developing countries, blocks are predominantly used for the construction of walls in housing units. Their widespread application has led to the astronomical costs of producing the blocks units with significant environmental cha...

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