Mechanical, water resistance and environmental benefits of magnesium oxychloride cement incorporating rice husk ash

Y Nie, J Lu, Z Liu, D Meng, Z He, J Shi - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC) has received extensive attention as an eco-friendly
cement, but its poor water resistance limits its engineering applications. In this study, MOC …

Recycling coral waste into eco-friendly UHPC: Mechanical strength, microstructure, and environmental benefits

Z He, M Shen, J Shi, Ç Yalçınkaya, S Du… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
On islands far away from the mainland, the raw materials for concrete production are often
more difficult to obtain. Converting the coral waste generated during the island construction …

A study on mechanical properties and permeability of steam-cured mortar with iron-copper tailings

B Zhao, G Wang, B Wu, X Kong - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of construction industrialization, the use of steam curing to produce
precast concrete is widely used. In order to recycle long-term stacked tailings waste, iron …

Optimization of sustainable concrete characteristics incorporating palm oil clinker and nano-palm oil fuel ash using response surface methodology

HM Hamada, A Al-Attar, J Shi, F Yahaya… - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of concrete by replacing cement and aggregates with biomass materials is a
low-carbon footprint and low-cost approach. In this study, the influences of nano-palm oil …

Direct electric curing in high early-strength sodium citrate-doped Portland cement systems for sustainable energy saving applications

C Ma, L Fan, J Shi, H Zhou, B Dong, D Song, Y Du - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Faced with the increasingly severe energy crisis, it is very important to seek a low-energy-
consumption accelerated curing method for prefabricated concrete element to save energy …

Techniques used for bond strengthening of sub-standard splices in concrete: A review study

S Fayed, W Mansour, TA Tawfik, P Sabol, D Katunský - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bar splicing is considered an essential part of the construction process of reinforced
concrete (RC) due to the ease of installation in construction, transportation constraints, and …

Thermal response of the bridge supported longitudinal CRTS II slab track subject to diurnal temperature variation

R Zhou, X Zhu, Y Du, C Ma, W Liu, W Ren… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
As a kind of multi-layer concrete structure, thermal responses China Railway Track System
type II (CRTS II) slab track subject to diurnal temperature variation could significantly affect …

MgO-based cements–Current status and opportunities

E Bernard, H Nguyen, S Kawashima… - RILEM Technical …, 2023 - letters.rilem.net
The cement industry is a major contributor to the anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, with about
8% of all emissions coming from this sector. The global cement and concrete association …

Development of a new magnesium oxychloride cement board by recycling of waste wood, rice husk ash and flue gas desulfurization gypsum

Z He, X Han, Y Zhang, Z Zhang, J Shi… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recycling construction waste wood to produce magnesium oxychloride cement board
(MOCB) is an eco-friendly and high-value strategy. The effects of extrusion force …

Properties and high-temperature resistance of tailing-based magnesium oxysulfate (MOS) cement affected by phosphogypsum and water-binder ratio

K Gu, B Chen, Z Jiang - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnesium oxysulfate (MOS) cement is considered as a low-carbon cement to produce
fireproof building boards. Its large-scale application is limited by the cost and source of the …