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benefits, possibly due to increased brittleness and disruption of the balanced cement-aggregate ratio. The optimal strength enhancement in concrete through marble dust replacement occurs at the 16% level, which leads to maximum performance in both compressive and tensile tests. Future applications should find equilibrium between increased strength levels and suitable workability parameters to maintain adequate mix consistency for applying to practical construction needs. Fine marble dust particles effectively supplement cement because they improve matrix compactness alongside lower porosity thus enhancing strength. Marble dust does not fit into the pozzolanic category but works as a microscopic filler to produce dense concrete matrices. The packing density of marble dust was found equal to 0.454 and it signifies that the marble dust is efficiently filling the micro voids in the cement matrix, thus making it suitable for partial cement substitution. Early strength developments happen alongside reduced porosity which results in enhanced denseness within the microstructure. Marble dust contributes to sustainability by enabling industrial waste recycling and lowering cement usage which results in economical and environment-friendly material options for partial cement substitution. Acknowledgements I am sincerely thankful to the Almighty for the strength to complete this work. I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Priyanka Singh and Dr. Bashar S. Mohammed for their valuable guidance. The experimental work was conducted at Model Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET), Jammu, and I would like to thank Dr. Ankur Gupta, Director, MIET, for his support. Guendouz, M., Boukhelkhal, D., Benatallah, L., Hamraoui, S. and Hadjadj, M., 2025. Feasibility of recycling marble waste powder as fine aggregate in self-compacting sand concrete. Studies in Engineering and Exact Sciences , 6 (1), pp.e13171-e13171. Khan, M.A., Zhang, B., Ahmad, M., Niekurzak, M., Khan, M.S., Sabri Sabri, M.M. and Chen, W., 2025. Optimizing concrete sustainability with bagasse ash and stone dust and its impact on mechanical properties and durability. Scientific reports , 15 (1), p.1385. Shanmuganathan, N., Senthil Pandian, M., Deepa Nivethika, S., Thulasirajan, K. and Karthikeyan, K., 2024. Eco-friendly road construction: Harnessing fly ash and waste marble powder for sustainable road construction using a fuzzy logic assessment. Ali, A., Naeem, M.M., Ahmad, F. and Subhan, F., 2024. Performance evaluation of marble dust as a filler material in asphalt concrete in Peshawar, Pakistan. Natural and Applied Sciences International Journal (NASIJ) , 5 (1), pp.44-54. Singh, H., Teja, C.V., Kumar, V., Singh, H. and Sharma, A., 2024, April. Properties of self-compacting concrete developed using marble dust as a partial replacement of fine aggregates. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1327, No. 1, p. 012013). IOP Publishing. Ali, E. E., Qureshi, L. A., & Al-Hadithi, A. I. (2018). Effect of marble powder on the properties of concrete. Construction and Building Materials , 165, 63 – 72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.192 Singh, M., & Srivastava, A. (2020). Utilization of marble dust as a partial replacement of cement. Materials Today: Proceedings, 32, 782 – 787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.04.778 Rana, A., Kalla, P., & Chauhan, R. (2019). Sustainable use of marble slurry in concrete. Journal of Cleaner Production, 226, 396 – 403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.055 Patel, J. A., & Shah, N. D. (2017). Effect of marble dust on mechanical properties and water absorption of concrete. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), 8(3), 302 – 310. Gupta, R., & Kumar, P. (2021). Effect of marble dust as partial replacement of cement on workability and setting time of concrete. Materials Today: Proceedings, 45, 6649 – 6653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.12.1231 Alyousef, R., Alabduljabbar, H., Mohamed, A. M., & Benjeddou, O. (2020). Influence of marble dust on the durability and mechanical properties of green concrete. Sustainability, 12(11), 4561. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114561 Bheel, N., Memon, S. A., Memon, B. A., & Ali, A. (2019). Evaluation of marble dust as a replacement for fine aggregate in concrete. Civil Engineering Journal, 5(6), 1232 – 1244. https://doi.org/10.28991/cej-2019-03091325 Ashish, D. K. (2018). Feasibility of waste marble powder in concrete as partial substitution of cement and sand amalgam for sustainable construction. Journal of Building Engineering, 15, 236 – 242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2017.11.020 Hameed, M. S., & Sekar, A. S. S. (2009). Properties of green concrete containing quarry rock dust and marble sludge powder as fine aggregate. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 4(4), 83 – 89. References