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Granite is the most widely used construction material which generates granite slurry through its cutting andpolishing process. Disposal of this granite waste leads to health hazards like respiratory and allergy problems to thepeople in the world. Utilization of granite slurry waste and metakaolin in concrete can solve many problems related towaste generation, energy consumption problem, consumption of natural resources, CO2 emission etc. Metakaolin is alsoa cementatious material andin cases where insufficient or poor curing concrete structure like the underground structurewhich undergo serve loss of compressive strength, use of metakaolin proves to be very useful to modify the properties ofconcrete.In this work, systematic experimental study is carried out of concrete using granite slurry waste and metakaolin toreplace cement at various replacement levels for water cement ratio of 0.45 and required specimens have been cast tocheck workability and various strength properties (compressive strength test and flexural strength test). From the resultsobtained by various studies, it can be concluded that by using granite slurry waste and metakaolin, modification incompressive strength is noted and maximum strength has been obtained depending upon replacement level and watercement ratio. Flexural strength is also influenced by the addition of granite slurry waste and in similar way as ofcompressive strength. A decrease in the slump value was also noted with the increase % of granite slurry waste andmetakaolin in concrete.

Jayant sharma, Basantkumar Bansal, Rupal Sankhla, Dr. Anju Sharma, “Analysis of Mechanical and Durability Characteristics of Concrete using Granite slurry waste and Metakaolin as a partial replacement of Cement”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 11, pp. 1116-1122, November 2017.