Performance of sugarcane molasses in concrete under hot weather

Hussein, Mahdi J. and Naser, Maryam H. and Naser, Fatimah H. and Almamoori, Ali Hameed Naser and Hussien, Mohammed L. (2024) Performance of sugarcane molasses in concrete under hot weather. POLLACK PERIODICA : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES, 19 (2). pp. 68-75. ISSN 1788-1994 (print); 1788-3911 (online)

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Abstract

The present research studies the effect of adding sugar factory waste sugarcane molasses as an alternative to chemical inhibitory additives manufactured on concrete cast during hot weather in the summer of Iraq. The current study includes a study of the setting time for cement paste and workability for fresh concrete and some mechanical properties of hardened concrete with sugarcane molasses using percentage 0–0.3% of cement weight. The study also included studying the value of pH of concrete to investigate the effect of sugarcane molasses on reinforced concrete. The results showed that the sugarcane molasses can be used by about 0.1% of cement weight for medium projects and between 0.1 and 0.2% for large projects. It was also found that the compression strength increased by about 11.5% and the indirect tensile strength increased by about 7.5 and 7.4% for splitting and flexural test, respectively for concrete mixtures containing 0.2% of sugarcane molasses.

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