Аңдатпа
This study evaluates sawing waste from six limestone-shell deposits in western Kazakhstan as a fine concrete aggregate. Water absorption (4.13-7.15%) governed mixture water demand (190-275 L/m−3). A power model, W = A·St0.15, described deposit-specific behavior. Optimized mixtures incorporated 1,535-1,690 kg/m−3 of waste and achieved 8.8-38.1 MPa at 28 days. Adding 0.2% polyacrylamide more than halved mixture stiffness and reduced cement demand by approximately 10%.