Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
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Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
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Norlia, M. I.
Norlia, M.
Ibrahim, N. M.
Mohamad, N.
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  • Publication
    Investigating the effect of steel wire and carbon black from worn out tyre on the strength of concrete
    ( 2024-10)
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Ali Naqiuddin Zamah Shari
    ;
    Nur Zakiah Anis Abdul Rahim
    ;
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Mustaqqim Abdul Rahim
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Norshah Aizat Shuaib
    ;
    György Deak
    Technology in concrete is rapidly developing to improve the quality and properties of concrete. One of the many recycled materials is worn-out tyres. Currently, the use of tires is very widespread considering the use of vehicles that increase from time to time. Piles of discarded tires can cause a lot of damage to the environment. So, by using steel wire waste (SWW) as new fiber reinforcement in concrete and with the combination with carbon black (CB), it is hoped that, by doing this, not only it could improve the quality of concrete, but also preserves the environment. Therefore, the objective of this research was, to identify the properties of fresh concrete with the addition of SWW and CB, and also to investigate the physical and mechanical properties of hardened concrete, incorporating of SWW as additional fiber reinforcement and CB. For fresh concrete, workability using a slump test was conducted. Several tests were carried out on the properties of hardened concrete. Among them were compressive strength, flexural strength, splitting tensile strength, and water absorption. The physical appearance of the concrete has also been examined and recorded. There are four batches of concrete which consist of one control batch and three batches of concrete with various weights of SWW which are in the portion of 300 g, 600 g, and 900 g, and the weight of CB is maintained at 300 g for all batches. For workability, all concrete batches with the addition of SWW and CB show acceptable workability. For the case of the density of fresh concrete, samples containing 900 g addition of SWW have the highest density which was 2520 kg/m³, as expected. Results for water absorption show that the lowest value is contributed by the control sample which was 7.6%. For compressive and flexural strength, 300 g addition of SWW has the highest value which was 28.52 MPa for compressive strength and 7.52 MPa for flexural strength. Lastly, for splitting tensile strength, the highest value was also obtained when 300 g addition of SW was added which was 5.4 MPa. To conclude, SWW and CB can be added to concrete to obtain comparable strength of concrete. However, some modifications could be made to both recycle materials to improve concrete performance.
  • Publication
    A study on Hydrogen Sulphide as potential tracer in landfill gas monitoring
    ( 2013)
    Tengku Nuraiti Tengku Izhar
    ;
    Zaity Syazwani Mohd Odli
    ;
    Irnis Azura Zakarya
    ;
    Farah Naemah Mohd Saad
    ;
    Tan Ley Binn
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are one of the major source of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) which is the offensive odours potentially creating annoyance in adjacent communities. This project focuses on H2S emission from landfills in Perlis, Malaysia. Landfill gas (LFG) samples were collected and analyzed accordance with NIOSH method 6013. The mean concentrations of H2S in Kuala Perlis Landfill and Padang Siding Landfill are 210.68 ppm and 242.85 ppm respectively. High concentrations of H2S may be a concern for employees working on the landfill site. These results indicate that workers should use proper personal protection at landfill when involved in excavation, landfill gas collection, and refuse compaction. The formation of H2S most likely to be contributed by the biological conversion of sulfate from gypsum-rich soils and landfill wastewater treatment sludges by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) which can utilize dissolved sulfate as an electron acceptor. H2S is conveniently detected by hand held analyzer, such Jerome meter, landfill gas analyzer. In the organic range, in the ease of detection range in the dispersion rate within the landfill site, the monitored H2S gas form a very noticeable concentration with the travelling wind direction. It proved that the dispersion rate of H2S are suitable as tracer to detect route of travelling in a certain distance.
  • Publication
    Preservation of Natural Resources by Utilizing Combustion Ash In Concrete and Determination of Its Engineering Properties
    ( 2023-01-01)
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Syakirah Afiza Mohammed
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Rahim M.A.
    ;
    Zailani W.W.A.
    ;
    Laslo L.
    ;
    Muhamad N.
    Due to the large amount of combustion ash being thrown into landfills, which can lead to environmental pollution, new alternatives to construction materials can be developed by utilising this combustion ash as a part of the main raw materials, while at the same time helping to preserve natural resources in the concrete manufacturing industry. Generally, using new waste materials will eventually affect the engineering properties of concrete. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to analyse the engineering properties of concrete containing combustion ash as a partial replacement for ordinary Portland cement (OPC). CA can be classified as combustion bottom ash (CBA) and combustion fly ash (CFA). CA is tested for its chemical compositions using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), and its four main compositions, which are silica, alumina, iron, and calcium, are examined and discussed extensively. Other testing for the property of CA includes Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) and specific gravity testing for coarse aggregate. To produce sustainable concrete from waste, several tests have been conducted to determine the engineering properties of the concrete, such as compressive strength, flexural strength, and splitting tensile strength. Results show that CA, which consists mainly of silica dioxide, contributed to the strength of concrete. SEM images show that CBA has a porous structure with an angular and rough texture, whereas CFA has more rounded particles, which influence the overall compressive strength. Furthermore, it was discovered that as the proportion of CBA utilised increased, the compressive strength, flexural strength, and splitting tensile strength of the concrete improved. Based on the results of the testing, CBA is suggested for use as a supplementary cementitious material in concrete.
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    Sustainable utilisation of quarry dust waste in concrete: Strength performance
    ( 2020-12-29)
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Abd Rahim N.A.S.
    ;
    Hamzah N.
    ;
    Misnon N.A.
    Each year, a large amount of quarry dust (QD) waste is disposed into landfills. This waste material was obtained as a by-product during the production of aggregates through the crushing process of rocks at the quarry site. The increasing value of waste will have a significant impact on health and the environment. Reusing such wastes by including them into building materials is a practical answer for the pollution problem. Therefore, this research was to observe the possibility of quarry dust to be included in a concrete mix. The quarry dust has been used as a partial replacement for cement proportion at different levels of replacement (25%, 30% and 35%). Quarry dust was used as the main material in this project to measure the effectiveness of concrete performance. In this research, the quarry dust composition was determined by using X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF). From the x-ray fluorescent spectrometry test result, the quarry dust displays some similar characteristics with the Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) where it comprises a high composition of Calcium Oxide (CaO). Research were done to determine the optimum percentage of quarry dust in concrete. The result shows that 25% of quarry dust and 75% of cement is the best percentage that can be used in concrete mixture to reach the standard strength. From an economic point of view, the proposed optimum concrete mix was found to be the most economical with the reducing of RM 33 per 1 m3 of the concrete mixture. The results indicated that the quarry dust waste could be utilised as cement replacement to produce durable and resilient concrete. These materials could be an alternative low-cost material for concrete and at the same time provide a new disposal method for the waste.
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  • Publication
    Recycling fly ash from MSWI for artificial aggregate production for concrete
    ( 2020-12-29)
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Khairul Nizar Ismail
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Mustaqqim Abdul Rahim
    This study focusses on the development of new lightweight aggregate (LWA) that eventually will have comparable properties with existing natural aggregate which is granite. The main objectives of this study is to examine potential use of recycled municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) ash as raw material in LWA production with a method of cold-bonded palletization process. The ashes are collected from Cameron Highland Incineration Plant, Malaysia that can be divided into bottom ash (BA) and fly ash (FA). This study uses FA as partial raw material to substitute the Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC). The properties FA are studied by means of X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF). The LWA is fly ash lightweight aggregate (FALA). The production of LWA is based on cold-bonded palletization technique. FALA have experienced two different curing process for 28 days namely room-room (RR) and room-water (RW) curing conditions. The percentage of FA used in this study is 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% of cement replacement and the size is fixed between 10 mm to 20 mm with circular shape. The properties of FALA produced in this study is examined including loose bulk density, and aggregate impact value (AIV). Other physical properties including colour and texture are also being investigated. From the results of LWA it is clearly seen that 20% FA were the best percentage of ash used to produce good quality LWA. Loose bulk density of FALA selected is 716.72 kg/m3 and AIV 13.80%.
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  • Publication
    Preservation of natural resources by utilizing combustion ash in concrete and determination of its engineering properties
    ( 2023-01-01)
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Syakirah Afiza Mohammed
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Mustaqqim Abdul Rahim
    ;
    Zailani W.W.A.
    ;
    Laslo L.
    ;
    Muhamad N.
    Due to the large amount of combustion ash being thrown into landfills, which can lead to environmental pollution, new alternatives to construction materials can be developed by utilising this combustion ash as a part of the main raw materials, while at the same time helping to preserve natural resources in the concrete manufacturing industry. Generally, using new waste materials will eventually affect the engineering properties of concrete. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to analyse the engineering properties of concrete containing combustion ash as a partial replacement for ordinary Portland cement (OPC). CA can be classified as combustion bottom ash (CBA) and combustion fly ash (CFA). CA is tested for its chemical compositions using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), and its four main compositions, which are silica, alumina, iron, and calcium, are examined and discussed extensively. Other testing for the property of CA includes Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) and specific gravity testing for coarse aggregate. To produce sustainable concrete from waste, several tests have been conducted to determine the engineering properties of the concrete, such as compressive strength, flexural strength, and splitting tensile strength. Results show that CA, which consists mainly of silica dioxide, contributed to the strength of concrete. SEM images show that CBA has a porous structure with an angular and rough texture, whereas CFA has more rounded particles, which influence the overall compressive strength. Furthermore, it was discovered that as the proportion of CBA utilised increased, the compressive strength, flexural strength, and splitting tensile strength of the concrete improved. Based on the results of the testing, CBA is suggested for use as a supplementary cementitious material in concrete.
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  • Publication
    Viability Study on Fly Ash and Bottom Ash from Combustion Waste
    ( 2023-01-01)
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Mohamed S.A.
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Zailani W.W.A.
    ;
    Mustaqqim Abdul Rahim
    ;
    Laslo L.
    ;
    Khairul Nizar Ismail
    The substitution or addition of new supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) in the production of variety of construction materials has gained much interest. One of the examples of SCM is incineration ash which consist of fly ash (FA) and bottom ash (BA) which are the residues from the ignition of biomass and can brings applicable ecological advantages. However, the properties of this new materials need to be investigated to ensure its full potential can be developed. Therefore, this study is initiated to identify the characteristics of incineration ash from local source in Malaysia. To identify the elemental components of ashes, most widely method was adopted which is using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF). The quantity of unburned carbon in fly ash is measured by loss on ignition, which has a major influence on the product's characteristics. In addition, specific gravity and density were also determined and comparison has been made with cement. In this study it was found out that XRF results shows that both FA and BA consist of the same mineral composition with OPC majorly in silica, aluminium, calcium, and iron which makes is suitable to be used in the concrete. For LOI, the value for BA is much higher compared with FA due to the amount of unburnt carbon in its original compositions and the incomplete burning due to insufficient contact time in the furnace. Based on the result obtained for LOI, the average LOI value for FA and BA is 17.33 % and 44.67 %, respectively. As expected, for the specific gravity and density, FA having the lowest specific gravity and density. The density obtained for FA is 755 kg/m3 and for BA is 593 kg/m3. Overall, the use of incineration ash can be fully investigated by exploring other parameter that influence the performance of construction materials.
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  • Publication
    Comparing the Physical Properties of Coal Bottom Ash (CBA) Waste and Natural Aggregate
    ( 2022-01-01)
    Syakirah Afiza Mohammed
    ;
    Mohamed Reyad Alhadi Ahmad
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    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Samsudin S.
    Coal bottom ash (CBA) is a co-combustion product material, which may cause hazards to human health and the environment. Rapid growth in technology causes the increase of CBA waste and this situation led to a waste disposal crisis. Reuse waste material as an alternative material instead of natural materials can led to sustainable and environmentally friendly construction. The main objective of this study is to determine the physical properties of CBA and its suitability to be used as replacement material in civil construction. The physical properties test conducted in this research were aggregate impact value test, aggregate crushed value test, flakiness and elongation test. The results show that the ability of CBA to resist sudden shock and repeated load was lesser than natural aggregate (NA). The differences of aggregate impact value (AIV) and aggregate crushing value (ACV), between NA and CBA were 50.4% and 48.9%, respectively. In addition, CBA has higher amount of flaky and elongated particles compared to NA. The flakiness index value for NA and CBA were 7.12% and 26.10%, respectively while the difference value of elongation index between NA and CBA was 37%. However, even though the properties of CBA were not as good as NA, the results for ACV and the flakiness index of CBA meet the minimum requirement of Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) Standard Specification which indicates that CBA has potential to be used in civil construction.
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  • Publication
    Exploring the potential of agricultural waste as natural resource-based adsorbents for methylene blue removal
    ( 2024-01-01)
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Muhamad Farid Idham Sulaiman
    ;
    Ain Nihla Kamarudzaman
    ;
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Syakirahafiza Mohammed
    ;
    Norazian Mohamed Noor
    ;
    Deák G.
    ;
    Liyana Ahmad Sofri
    Excessive agricultural waste in the agricultural industry leads to various forms of pollution, including water pollution. To address this issue, there's a growing interest in finding alternative methods. One approach is to utilize agricultural waste as natural resource-based adsorbents to eliminate contaminants, such as the case of methylene blue (MB) in this study. The study specifically focuses on using rice husk (RH) from a local rice mill in Perlis, Malaysia, to absorb methylene blue. The structure of rice husk, characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), reveals a coarser and more compact outer area, contributing to its absorption capacity for methylene blue. The study on rice husk involves three main aspects: contact time, adsorbent dosage, and dye concentration. The removal percentage of MB increased as the three studied adsorption parameters increased. The adsorption data were analyzed using Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms, with the the Freundlich Isotherms were found to be more suitable based on higher coefficient of correlation (R2) values compared to Langmuir. The pseudo-second-order kinetics model demonstrated a higher R2value (1.00) compared to the pseudo-first-order model (0.747). The results indicate promising potential for addressing pollution through sustainable means and provide insights into the adsorption process under varying conditions.
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  • Publication
    Strength development of concrete containing municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash and metakaolin
    ( 2024-03-21)
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Khairul Nizar Ismail
    ;
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Loong W.J.
    The study was related to the influence of the properties of concrete by using different percentage of metakaolin and fixed percent of bottom ash to partially replace the cement. Cement is a well-known building material and used for the construction in the world. Moreover, the used of metakaolin (MK) and bottom ash (BA) in concrete has received considerable attention in recent years. By using bottom ash, it could reduce the land filling space. X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) test was used to determine the chemical composition of bottom ash and metakaolin. Four series of concrete have been examined, including control, bottom ash and metakaolin were used as partial replacement for cement at 10%BA+10%MK, 10%BA+15%MK and 10%BA+20%MK of concrete mixes by volume. The curing period for the samples are 7 days and 28 days. In order to determine the properties of concrete, the tests such as slump test, density test, water absorption test, pulse velocity test, rebound hammer test and compression test were performed. The results proved that the strength development of 10%BA + 10%MK concrete sample shows the highest compressive strength after 28 days curing.
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