Assessment of the waste glass powder in concrete Dr.V.Thamizharasan*

Concrete is an important building material in construction industry. It is a homogeneous mixture of cement, fine aggregate and coarse aggregate along with water, the strength of concrete is mainly depends upon the cement content. The large scale production of Portland cement and the acquisition of aggregates from dredging and quarrying have a dramatic impact on the environment. Consequently extensive research is ongoing into the use of Portland cement replacements, using many waste materials and industrial byproducts, for example, Pulverized Fuel Ash (PFA) and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS). The continuing debate relating to government policy on landfill tax dictates that the use of waste from other sources is high on the political and research agenda.In addition to the use of binder replacement materials from waste, there is somewhat less regard given to the subject of using waste material to replace the fine aggregate content of concrete The binding nature of cement is due to the presence of Silica so in this paper it is planned to replace the cement partially using glass powder which is rich in silica. In this paper some three numbers of cubes, cylinders and prisms using normal concrete are prepared and are tested for their strength and other properties concrete specime