Effects of Powdered Fruit Pods of Acacia Tree on the Performance Characteristics of Soil Renders

Olekwu Benjamin Elah

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V15P239

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Volume 15 | Number 1 | Year 2014 | Article Id. IJETT-V15P239 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V15P239

Effects of Powdered Fruit Pods of Acacia Tree on the Performance Characteristics of Soil Renders

Olekwu Benjamin Elah

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Olekwu Benjamin Elah, "Effects of Powdered Fruit Pods of Acacia Tree on the Performance Characteristics of Soil Renders," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 200-202, 2014. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V15P239

Abstract

This paper is an experimental investigation into the effect of powdered fruit pods of acacia tree (PFPAT) on the performance properties of fine reddish-brown (FRB) and fine light-brown (FLB) soil renders with the view to establishing an appropriate proportion of PFPAT required for effective performance. PFPAT is known in Hausa Language as gabaruwa while FRB soil and FLB soil are known as jarkasa and jangargari respectively. Studies carried out on liquid limit, plastic limit, plasticity index, shrinkage limit, drying shrinkage, and moisture absorption of FRB and FLB soil renders with PFPAT as an additive shows that it can effectively be used as admixture for the renders because it improved the above mentioned properties of the soil renders, and for better results, 10% of PFPAT by weight of the soil is recommended for addition.

Keywords

Acacia Tree, Effects, Performance Characteristics, Powdered Pods, Soil Renders.

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