Development of low carbon binder from quaternary blending of cement for sustainable construction: A review on current materials, properties, and applications.

With the ever-growing and continuous exponential rise in the population around the globe the necessity for infrastructure especially concrete structures like buildings both residential and commercial, irrigation structures, industries, express runways, etc., has increased multi-fold times. As a result of this and increased living standards, the usage of essential and new industrial goods has also increased which in turn leads to the higher production of industrial wastes. Hence the management of these wastes and mitigating the undesirable impact of cement concrete on the environment should be taken care of utmost importance. The replacement of cement with industrial wastes is a viable solution to achieve sustainability, minimize the ill effects on the environment and maximize the efficiency of management of these wastes. Various industrial wastes act as mineral admixtures that can be potential materials that can be as employed as substitutes for cement. The present study represents a critical review of the various industrial waste materials that can be used as mineral admixtures and can be incorporated instead of conventional cement along with their influence on fresh and hardened characteristics. The main contribution of this study relies on the use of quaternary blended binders produced from various industrial wastes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]