Ferrock-Based Mortar as a Green Alternative to Ordinary Portland Cement-Based Mortar by Partial Replacement

Cement is the second most used construction material in the world which poses questions as to whether it can be substituted with another material. The environmental impacts of cement production and use are also questioned; therefore, this project looks at Ferrock, an iron-based binder invented by David stone in 2002. Ferrock has been said to be a greener and sustainable building material. This project investigates Ferrock. During this research, Ferrock was made and its physical properties such as specific gravity, fineness, setting time, and consistency tests were investigated and compared to Cement. This project also looked at the effect Ferrock has on the strength of cement-based mortar by replacing cement with certain percentages of Ferrock. In this project, it was discovered that cement and Ferrock have some similarities which are further discussed in this project report.