1. Reusing pulverized clay brick waste and pulverized burnt clay brick waste in concrete mixtures as a partial replacement for cement.
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Ihsan, Elaf Abdul Azal, Al-Quraishi, Hussein, and Mahdi, Ayat Hussein
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CONCRETE waste , *SOLID waste , *SILICA , *COMPRESSIVE strength , *CEMENT - Abstract
Replacement of the contents of concrete mixture with different types of solid waste is considered to be a good solution for sludge disposal. Replacement cement with pulverized brick wastes is a sustainable eco-friendly solution, which has a pozzolanic specification on the concrete mixture. In this study two types of brick powders were used as a partial replacement for cement; Pulverized clay brick waste (PCBW) and pulverized burnt clay brick waste (PBCBW). Brick was ground to produce (PCBW) and burnt to 700°C to produce (PBCBW) with different particle shapes and agglomeration and study its effect on the concrete mixture. The percentage of replacement was 10% for both PCBW and PBCBW, according to many researches this percentage is considered to be the ideal value for the replacement. Then samples are molded in 150 mm cubic, cured for 7 days, and others for 28 days, these periods are expected to be enough to give an indication of the suitability of the brick wastes replacement. Chemical composition, SEM, and EDX were analyzed, furthermore, compressive strength results showed that replacement with PBCBW at 28 days of curing was greater than PCBW, and the higher Ca/Si ratio gives PBCBW more cementitious properties. Furthermore, PBCBW contains a higher ratio of less reactive crystalline silica (SiO2) than highly reactive amorphous silica, which increased the compressive strength of PBCBW at 28 days. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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