Stamped cement mortar flooring tile mixed with sea-sand

Abstract

This research aims to study the use of sea sand for stamped cement mortar. The mixture ratios of cement by sea sand were 30:70, 40:60, 50:50, 60:40, and 70:30 by weight and water-cement ratios (w/c) is 0.40. The mechanical properties were tested under compressive strength at the curing age of 28 days. The test results showed that the mixture 70:30 presented the highest compressive strength with 49.35 MPa followed by the mixture 60:40 with the value of 47.32 MPa. The mixture 30:70 was obtained with the lowest compressive strength of 28.45 MPa. The quality inspection exposed that the best beautiful surface of cement mortar flooring tile mixed with sea sand is the mixture 60:40 followed by 50:50 and 30:70, respectively. Further, the tested results of water absorption and flexural bending strength of cement mortar mixtures found that there is only a mixture 50:50 having values over the benchmark of TIS 826-2531. This mixture is the best suitable mixture for use in stamped cement mortar flooring tile.