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Gypsum composites with CDW as Raw Material
Año:2015

Áreas de investigación
  • Materiales de construccion

Datos
Descripción
Europe generates huge amounts of construction and demolition waste (CDW) per year and less than 50% of these CDW is recycled. This is far from the objectives determined in the European Strategies for 2020 and aware of this situation, the European Countries are implementing national policies to prevent the waste that can be avoidable and to promote measures to increase recycling and recovering. In Spain, one of these measures has been the development of CDW recycling solutions for the manufacture of mortar, concrete, bricks and lightweight aggregates. However, there is still not enough information on the possibility of incorporating CDW materials in the manufacture of gypsum products. Therefore, the objective of this study is to improve this database by analysing the feasibility of incorporating two different CDW in a gypsum matrix: ceramic waste bricks (perforated brick and double hollow brick), and extruded polystyrene (XPS) waste. Results show that it is possible to incorporate up to 25% of ceramic waste and 4% of XPS waste over the weight of gypsum in a gypsum matrix. Furthermore, with the addition of ceramic waste an 8% of surface hardness increase and a 25% of capillary water absorption reduction can be obtained. On the other hand, with the addition of XPS, a 26% reduction of density and a 37% improvement of thermal conductivity can be obtained. As conclusion, it is feasible to use these materials in order to produce prefabricated gypsum and also as material for interior cladding walls.
Internacional
Si
Nombre congreso
17th international Conference on Architectural, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tipo de participación
960
Lugar del congreso
Stockholm, Sweden
Revisores
Si
ISBN o ISSN
1307-6892
DOI
Fecha inicio congreso
13/07/2015
Fecha fin congreso
14/07/2015
Desde la página
646
Hasta la página
650
Título de las actas
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