Savita Dixit, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, and Gajendra Dixit, Professor Mechanical Engineering Department, were granted a patent by the Government of India for the new discovery of "modified concrete structure".
This is the sixth patent of Dixit, before that she had been granted five other patents for her discoveries. In this new discovery, she prepared a concrete structure with the help of silica, fibers, GGBs, fumes, etc. which can be seen as an alternative to the presently used cement concrete.
While talking about her discoveries, she said that the construction work is increasing rapidly with the increasing population, due to which the quantity of cement is decreasing naturally. Inspired by this, she started her research on alternatives to cement concrete.
Both Savita Dixit and Gajendra Dixit have been working jointly for the past 20 years through their discoveries to re-use, unusable waste items so that our environment can be made sustainable. Therefore, for this research work, she choose silica, fiber, GGBs, fumes, etc. because this type of waste is the most emitted by humans in the modern world, which is causing a lot of damage to our environment and natural resources.
For this, she did a detailed study of the percentage ratio of elements found in silica, fiber, GGBs, fumes, etc. By mixing dust etc. in a particular proportion, with the help of this, construction work like concrete bricks and floor blocks can be done.
This will reduce our dependence on cement by about 30 percent. The test also shows that the quality and strength of these concrete bricks made of silica, fiber, GGBs, fumes, etc. is higher than the concrete bricks made of cement and their cost of manufacturing is also less.
Savita Dixit says that her husband Gajendra Dixit has played an important role in testing, conducting, and conforming this entire research work.
