Fiber Glass Wool as an Alternative Composite Material in Making Bricks

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Glass wool is an insulating material made from fibers of glass arranged using a binder to create a texture similar to wool. The process traps many small pockets of air between the glass, and these small air pockets result in high thermal insulation properties. Glass wool is produced in rolls or in slabs, with different thermal and mechanical properties.The study entitled Fiber Glass Wool as an Alternative Composite Material for Creating Bricks, was conducted in order to test the durability and strength, bricks, fiber glass wool as alternative composite material.

METHODS

The experiment used three (3) Treatments as T1 (with 24g of glass wool), T2 (with 47g of glass wool) and T3 (with 71g of glass wool). There were three (3) replicates per treatment. Each mixture was places in a brick molder and was put under the sun for twenty-one (21) days until it thoroughly dries. The bricks were tested for breaking load in flexure.

RESULTS

Results of the investigation show that the breaking load of each Treatment are 3,689.67N for Treatment 1, 4,968.33N for Treatment 2, and 3,722.33N for Treatment 3.

DISCUSSION

SBased from the results of investigation, the mixture in Treatment 2 is the most durable and strongest brick as it has the highest average maximum breaking load of 4,968.33N. On the other hand, the mixture in Treatment 2 and Treatment 3 exhibited an average maximum breaking load of 3,689.67N and 3,722.33N respectively.