...Sandeep Singh; Shashi Kant Sharma; Mohammed Abdul Akbar Worldwide demand for natural fine aggregate (NFA) in the construction sector has skyrocketed in recent decades, and supplies of NFA are becoming more scarce. At the same time, thermal power plants produce massive quantities of coal bottom ash...

...Nitin Ankur; Navdeep Singh The present study investigated the synergistic influence of bottom ash as a Portland cement (PC) and natural fine aggregate (NFA) replacement in concrete. Coal bottom ash (CBA) is a heavy ash that settles at the bottom of the combustion chamber of a thermal power plant...