A Comprehensive Review on Supplementary Cementitious Materials – Progress, Environmental Impact, and Future Sustainability Challenges

  • Nimra Iqbal Department of Chemistry, Superior University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Shaukat Ali Department of Chemistry, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Maria Ajmal Department of Chemistry, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Nimra Department of Chemistry, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Nosheen Sial Department of Chemistry, Government Graduate College For Women, Gulberg, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Asif Hanif Chaudhry Geological Survey of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Aslam Department of Chemistry, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
Keywords: cementing material, construction industry, fly ash, laterite

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Cement is widely used material in construction industry. High performance concrete arranges extensive supplementary materials and Portland cement which detect the use in construction industry. This study investigates different supplementary cementitious materials, when these supplementary materials are mixed with cement, they increase their compressive as well as mechanical strength. Materials like metakaolin, blast furnace slag, silica fume, laterites, fly ash, rice husk ash, Nano-materials, blended cement and sugar-cane bagasse. In fresh concrete properties the mechanical strength estimates development of elastic modulus, strain due to shrinkage, in compressive strength and flexural strength. Conventional concrete like blast furnace slag and fly ashes have been used for many decades assemble the impacts on cement hydration and concrete properties. Supplementary cementitious materials are the key components of cement andthe replacement of cement with other supplementary materials is a widelyadopted industrial process and study the effects of CO2 emission and absorption for precast cement production and their environmental impacts. The research helps to summarize the progress and availability of different supplementary materials, their environmental impacts on cement performance and durability and some challenges which faced by construction industry and achievement of sustainable supplementary material.

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Published
2025-11-19
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Iqbal N, Ali S, Ajmal M, Nimra, Sial N, Chaudhry AH, Aslam M. A Comprehensive Review on Supplementary Cementitious Materials – Progress, Environmental Impact, and Future Sustainability Challenges. Sci Inquiry Rev [Internet]. 2025Nov.19 [cited 2025Nov.26];9(03):1-26. Available from: https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/SIR/article/view/6078
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