Khairul Nizar Ismail
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Khairul Nizar Ismail
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Ismail, Khairul Nizar
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Ismail, Kahirul Nizar
Nizar, Khairul
Nizar, Ismail Khairul
Khairul Nizar, Ismail
Nizar, K.
Khairul Nizar, I.
Ismail, Khairul Nizar Bin
Nizar, I. Khairul
Nizar, I. K.
Ismail, K. N.
Nizar Ismail, Khairul
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51161627800
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B-9259-2012

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  • Publication
    Influence of Cement Paste Containing Municipal Solid Waste Bottom Ash on the Strength Behavior of Concrete
    ( 2022-01-01)
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Nur Liza Rahim
    ;
    Khairul Nizar Ismail
    ;
    Ainaa Syamimi Abdul Hamid
    ;
    Boboc M.
    Cement in construction has become a vital requirement to build up the buildings, which may increase the expenses in construction. Materials that have the potential to replace cement would be proposing. This study used municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWIBA) as a partial replacement for cement. MSWIBA used in this study was a by-product from the incineration process and had compound content that was almost the same as cement. The treated bottom ash in the range of 0 to 30% and 10% of untreated bottom ash mixture use in this study. Mechanical and physical properties of concrete analysed with a few tests such as slump test, water absorption test, compressive strength test, heat exposure test and residual strength test after heating has proceeded. The workability of fresh concrete was measured by performing a slump test. Based on the compressive strength result, the 10% substitution of treated bottom ash was achieved the highest strength in testing in 7 and 28 days. Meantime, the control concrete obtained the best thermal insulator because of a smaller number of cracks on the surface of the concrete than that bottom ash concrete surface. After heated, the concrete was tested on compressive strength again to investigate the residual compressive strength. The highest residual surpasses gained by 10% bottom ash (treated) as a partial substitution in cement. Based on the overall test carried out, 10% of bottom ash replacement as cement is the optimum amount of bottom ash required to surpass the strength of the control sample.
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  • Publication
    Fly ash-based geopolymer lightweight concrete using foaming agent
    ( 2012)
    Mohd. Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah
    ;
    Kamarudin Hussin
    ;
    Mohamed Bnhussain
    ;
    Khairul Nizar Ismail
    ;
    Zarina Yahya
    ;
    Rafiza Abdul Razak
    In this paper, we report the results of our investigation on the possibility of producing foam concrete by using a geopolymer system. Class C fly ash was mixed with an alkaline activator solution (a mixture of sodium silicate and NaOH), and foam was added to the geopolymeric mixture to produce lightweight concrete. The NaOH solution was prepared by dilute NaOH pellets with distilled water. The reactives were mixed to produce a homogeneous mixture, which was placed into a 50 mm mold and cured at two different curing temperatures (60 °C and room temperature), for 24 hours. After the curing process, the strengths of the samples were tested on days 1, 7, and 28. The water absorption, porosity, chemical composition, microstructure, XRD and FTIR analyses were studied. The results showed that the sample which was cured at 60 °C (LW2) produced the maximum compressive strength for all tests, (11.03 MPa, 17.59 MPa, and 18.19 MPa) for days 1, 7, and 28, respectively. Also, the water absorption and porosity of LW2 were reduced by 6.78% and 1.22% after 28 days, respectively. The SEM showed that the LW2 sample had a denser matrix than LW1. This was because LW2 was heat cured, which caused the geopolymerization rate to increase, producing a denser matrix. However for LW1, microcracks were present on the surface, which reduced the compressive strength and increased water absorption and porosity.
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  • Publication
    Influence of superplasticizer on performance of cement - Bottom ash concrete
    ( 2020-06-10)
    Roshazita Che Amat
    ;
    Khairul Nizar Ismail
    ;
    Norlia Mohamad Ibrahim
    ;
    Azmi N.J.
    The issue related to disposing waste material from industries has become one of the major environmental, economic and social problems. However, natural resources consumed worldwide, while at the same time increased amount and type of the waste material has resulted in waste disposal crisis with a growing consumer population. Therefore, the solution to this crisis is recycling waste into useful materials. In this project, Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) by product which is bottom ash is used as partial replacement in cement. However, its properties as water absorbent become the issue for concrete strength. This research paper is to investigate the influence of superplasticizer on performance of cement-bottom ash concrete and designed for strength of 20 MPa at 28 days will be evaluated for its early stage properties. Superplasticizer is used to reduce water in cement while keeping up a consistent workability. The percentage of replacement in cement is by 0% (control), 10% and also 10%, 20% and 30% with addition of 0.30% by weight of cement of superplasticizer. In order to achieve the objective, few tests were carried out including slump test, density test, water absorption test and compression test. The result of this research indicates that 10% of replacement of bottom ash with superplasticizer shows highest compressive strength with 33.215 MPa with density 2417 kg/m3, water absorption of 1.41% and 122 mm for slump loss at 28 days. This study proved that the addition of superplasticizer can increase the workability and strength of concrete containing bottom ash as replacement for cement.
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