Thesis
FABRICATION OF FLOOR TILE USING SAWDUST, RICE STRAW ASH AND CLAY AS RAW MATERIALS
MONICA P. ABADINES
A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO ENGR. MIRRIAM P. BANLAWE,
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, WESTERN
PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY, ABORLAN, PALAWAN IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT TO THE REQUIREMENT
IN METHOD OF RESEARCH
(RESEARCH 101)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
OCTOBER 2012
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Economic housing increases in demand as the world population is stepping-up, especially in third-world countries. This situation leads in finding new raw and construction materials. Tiles are building materials used as finishing products and designed to cover floors and walls. A very ancient manufactured product, tiles are still used today in the most modern and advanced applications, but this material is expensive. That’s why the researcher wants to study about the low cost tile using sawdust, rice straw ash and clay as raw materials for fabrication of this tile. This research is subjected to floor tile.
Sawdust or wood dust is a by-product of cutting, grinding, drilling or otherwise pulverizing wood with a saw or other tool; it is composed of fine particles of wood (Wikipedia, 2012). This will be used as admixture in the study.
Rice Straw Ash is rich in silica, and a by-product of burning of rice straw. Silica is known to be very effective in enhancing the strength and durability of concrete.
Clays are distinguished from other fine-grained soils by differences in size and mineralogy. Clay is one of the oldest building materials on Earth, among other ancient, naturally-occurring geologic materials such as stone and organic materials like wood. It is contain a large proportion of iron and alumina which is nearly equals to silica (Wikipedia, 2012). And this will be used by the researcher as a binder.
A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even
MONICA P. ABADINES
A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO ENGR. MIRRIAM P. BANLAWE,
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, WESTERN
PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY, ABORLAN, PALAWAN IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT TO THE REQUIREMENT
IN METHOD OF RESEARCH
(RESEARCH 101)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
OCTOBER 2012
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Economic housing increases in demand as the world population is stepping-up, especially in third-world countries. This situation leads in finding new raw and construction materials. Tiles are building materials used as finishing products and designed to cover floors and walls. A very ancient manufactured product, tiles are still used today in the most modern and advanced applications, but this material is expensive. That’s why the researcher wants to study about the low cost tile using sawdust, rice straw ash and clay as raw materials for fabrication of this tile. This research is subjected to floor tile.
Sawdust or wood dust is a by-product of cutting, grinding, drilling or otherwise pulverizing wood with a saw or other tool; it is composed of fine particles of wood (Wikipedia, 2012). This will be used as admixture in the study.
Rice Straw Ash is rich in silica, and a by-product of burning of rice straw. Silica is known to be very effective in enhancing the strength and durability of concrete.
Clays are distinguished from other fine-grained soils by differences in size and mineralogy. Clay is one of the oldest building materials on Earth, among other ancient, naturally-occurring geologic materials such as stone and organic materials like wood. It is contain a large proportion of iron and alumina which is nearly equals to silica (Wikipedia, 2012). And this will be used by the researcher as a binder.
A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even
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