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Abstract

This paper studies the employment of waste, paper as an additional material in concrete mixes. Is simply a mixture, of paper and concrete? A composite made by adding waste paper as a partial addition by weight of cement. It is a, sustainable, building material due to reduced amount of waste paper being put to pretty use. It gains inherent strength due to presence of hydrogen bonds, in microstructure of paper. Papercrete has low cost as compared with alternative building construction material and energy absorption. It has good fire-resistant, sound absorption and thermal insulation. The percent of waste paper used (after treating) namely (5%, 10%, 15% and 20%) by weight of cement to explore the properties of the mixes (compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength, density, thermal conductivity and scanning electron microscope (SEM)). As compared with references mixes,