In recent years investigations have focused on the physical chemical and mineralogical characteristics of fly ash and their specific correlation to the performance of concrete this book collects the latest results from these various studies and offers a complete review of the advantages of fly ash as an admixture in concrete including strength development and improved chemical resistance and durability a review of the current international standards on fly ash usage is provided in . Fly ash in concrete production properties and uses advances in concrete technology amazonde ramesh c joshi rp lohtia fremdsprachige bucher. Since many years fly ash is being used in the concrete according to ms shetty author of concrete technology theory and practice that the first large scale use of fly ash was in the construction of hungry horse dam and later canyon ferry dam in united states of america the amount of fly ash used was about 30 by weight of cement in india earliest use of fly ash was in the construction of rihand dam and its quantity was 15 by weight of the cement used. Fly ash in concrete production properties and uses volume 2 of advances in concrete technology authors r c joshi r p lohita edition illustrated publisher crc press 1997 isbn 9056995804. Uses of fly ash in cement and concrete 9 fly ash usage in waste management 10 applications of fly ash in special concretes series title advances in concrete technology v 2 responsibility rc joshi and rp lohtia reviews user contributed reviews tags add tags for fly ash in concrete production properties and uses be the first similar items related subjects 2 concrete