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Farhan Ahmad, Sanket Rawat and Yixia Zhang
Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC), an alternative to ordinary Portland cement (OPC), has attracted increasing research interest for its excellent mechanical properties and its green and sustainable attributes. The poor water resistance of MOC limited it...
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Haitham M. Ahmed, Mohammed A. Hefni, Hussin A. M. Ahmed and Hussein A. Saleem
This study investigates the effect of the partial replacement of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) with cement kiln dust (CKD) on the engineering properties of pozzolanic concrete for use in block manufacturing. Ultimately, this could potentially reduce cem...
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Temple Chimuanya Odimegwu, A. B. M. A. Kaish, Maslina Jamil, M. F. M. Zain, Asset Turlanbekov and Ahmed W. Al Zand
This study evaluated the effect of alum sludge as an alternative to fly ash in fabricating geopolymer paste and mortar. The blending of this industrial waste (alum sludge and fly ash) is not only for the benefit of sustainable construction and disposal o...
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Gabriela Rutkowska, Mariusz Zóltowski, Konstantin Rusakov, Katarzyna Pawluk, Joanna Andrzejak and Bogdan Zóltowski
CO2 emission limits introduced by the European Union are encouraging works on new-generation materials with reduced clinker content. Currently, fumed silica from hard coal combustion is used in cement and concrete technology in Europe and Poland. Its wid...
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Henrique Comba Gomes, Elvys Dias Reis, Rogério Cabral de Azevedo, Conrado de Souza Rodrigues and Flávia Spitale Jacques Poggiali
The construction industry is essential to the development and economy, but is also the largest generator of construction and demolition waste (CDW). While efforts are made to minimize such generation, the construction industry has been developing applica...
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Kiran Kumar Poloju, Shalini Annadurai, Ram Kishore Manchiryal, Mallikarjuna Rao Goriparthi, Prabu Baskar, Mayakrishnan Prabakaran and Jongpil Kim
Concrete is a versatile construction material used along with a reinforcement. Concrete is made up of binder materials and aggregates. Cement is a primary binder material used to produce conventional concrete. Carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere a...
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David Suescum-Morales, José Ramón Jiménez and José María Fernández-Rodríguez
In recent decades, the environmental impact caused by greenhouse gases, especially CO2, has driven many countries to reduce the concentration of these gases. The study and development of new designs that maximise the efficiency of CO2 capture continue to...
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Lingling Hu, Zhen Chen and Jun Hu
The development of sustainability and high toughness in cement-based composites with polypropylene (PP) fiber is becoming increasingly important for future buildings, while CO2-curing treatment at early ages is precisely a promising technique for it. The...
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Yung-Chih Wang, Ming-Gin Lee, Wei-Chien Wang, Yu-Cheng Kan, Shih-Hsuan Kao and Hsien-Wen Chang
This study was to evaluate the CO2 curing on mechanical properties of Portland cement concrete. Three different specimen sizes (5 × 10 cm, 10 × 20 cm, and 15 × 30 cm cylinders), three CO2 concentrations (50%, 75%, 100%), three curing pressures (0.2, 0.4,...
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Dany Kassim, Ghandy Lamaa, Rui Vasco Silva and Jorge de Brito
The use of electric arc furnace slag (EAFS) as sole precursor to produce alkali-activated mortars has been experimentally investigated. EAFS, a by-product of the steel recycling industry, is a coarse material with unevenly distributed and size-extensive ...
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