Infilled cementitious composites (ICC)–a comparative life cycle assessment with UHPC

YK Kong, K Kurumisawa, SH Chu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was adopted to scrutinize
the environmental impacts of infilled cementitious composites (ICC) and ultra-high …

Production of Agro-waste cement Composites: Influence of nutshells on mechanical and hardened properties

AT Noaman, MS Abed, L Al-Gebory… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Different countries have been encountering significant obstacles in the disposal of agro-
wastes in landfills, with a recent increase in landfill sites receiving inadequate or no …

Preparing controlled low strength materials (CLSM) using excavated waste soils with polycarboxylate superplasticizer

X Wan, J Ding, N Jiao, S Zhang, J Wang… - Environmental Earth …, 2023 - Springer
The disposal of massive waste soils is troublesome during urban excavation projects, which
is commonly dumped temporarily and transported to the suburban landfills. Meanwhile …

Improving mechanical properties of 3D printed mortar through synergistic effects of fly ash microspheres and nanosilica

LG Li, ZQ Fang, SH Chu… - Magazine of Concrete …, 2024 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Fly ash microspheres (FAM), being a superfine fly ash, and nanosilica (NS), being an
ultrafine amorphous silica, have proven to be useful for enhancing the performance of …

Optimizing lightweight expanded clay aggregate coating for enhanced strength and chloride resistance

A Dixit, S Dai Pang - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Lightweight expanded clay (EC) aggregates help in decreasing the dead load of the
structure and reduce the concrete demand in foundations and other major structural …

Experimental investigation of cement encapsulated with different polymers for self-healing applications

RT Salman, FM Othman, AA Abdul-Hamead - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
The need to obtain microcapsules at a low cost is an important requirement for construction
and repair workers. In this paper, four polymers (Polystyrene, Sika 5930, Master Glenium 51 …

Characteristic Study of Polycarboxylate Ether Sand as a Potential Substitute for Natural River Sand in the Construction Industry

A Khupsare, A Parmar, AK Agarwal… - Journal of Materials in …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
The extreme demand for aggregate leads to the exploitation of riverbeds for fine aggregates,
affecting the environment adversely. Therefore, a suitable alternative to natural river sand is …

Synthesis and properties of multi‐armed polycarboxylate superplasticizer modified by β‐cyclodextrin

H Yuan, H Yuan - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The polycarboxylate superplasticizer with a multi‐armed structure (multi‐armed‐PCE) was
synthesized via RAFT polymerization of pentaerythritol triacrylate, acrylic acid, macro …

Influence of Polycarboxylic Ether-based Superplasticizers (PCE) on the Rheological Properties of Cement Pastes

A HARICHANE, A Benmounah - Journal of Materials and …, 2021 - revue.ummto.dz
The main difficulty encountered in the formulation of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC)(SCC)
consists in choosing the most effective cement-superplasticizer pair allowing obtaining …

Combined Effect of Photocatalyst, Superplasticizer, and Glass Fiber on the Photocatalytic Activity and Technical Parameters of Gypsum

K Zając, A Czyżewski, M Kaszyńska, M Janus - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, gypsum plasters enriched with the modified photocatalyst TiO2/N and additive
components were prepared and analyzed in detail. The aim of this work was to recognize …