Golden Apple Snail Pomacea Caniculata

“Golden Apple snail (Pomacea caniculata) shells as an additive for strengthening ceramic bricks”
Proponent:
Jan Nicholo R. Sabio
IV-NEWTON

GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE
PROBLEM

The study focuses on the effectiveness of
Golden apple snail shells for strengthening ceramic bricks. It is then sought to answer the following :

Are Golden Apple Snail Shells effective in strengthening ceramic bricks? SPECIFIC PROBLEMS

• Which category given different amounts and sizes will Golden Apple
Snail strengthen ceramic bricks proven through a tensile strength test? • Cracked 50g 75g 100g
• Crushed 50g 75g 100g
• Pulverized 50g 75g 100g

HYPOTHESIS

• Null Hypothesis
• Golden Apple Snail Shells is not effective in strengthening ceramic bricks. SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE STUDY

• Agriculture. This research will benefit rice farmers greatly. During season of planting, the farmers can pick up “kuhol” which they can collect in order to make the bricks themselves or sell the “kuhol” themselves • Ceramics Industry. This research will benefit in terms of Industrial
Ceramics. Due to new findings in strengthening ceramic bricks, this will help in a newly improved kind of brick which additive comes from pests shells which are “kuhol”.

METHODOLOGY

Materials

The materials that will be used in the study by the researcher are
Golden Apple Snail Shells, Processed clay, Separator, Weighing scale,
Molding frame (18.5 x6 x 2 cm), slipper sole, guitar string and bamboo stick. The Raw Material
Collection and Cleaning of the Raw Material

Separation and
Breaking Process

Straining the washed Golden Apple Snail shells Crushing the Shells into the different sizes Clay Processing

Making the Product

Molding the clay mixture

Drying of the product

Oven Cooking of the product Final Product

Testing the product

Breakage Strength test

Testing Brick A-2 using the Universal Testing Machine (UTM)

RESULTS AND
DISCUSSION

The researcher brought the sample ceramic bricks to the DPWH. A