The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

J de Brito, R Kurda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

Sustainable and greener self-compacting concrete incorporating industrial by-products: a review

N Gupta, R Siddique, R Belarbi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an extensive critical review of various properties of self-compacting
concrete made with industrial by-products. The construction industry has recognized the …

Utilization of tailings in concrete products: A review

D Adiguzel, S Tuylu, H Eker - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Many properties of concrete with tailings have been examined in the literature, but it is seen
that there are not many studies on the environmental properties of these concretes. It is …

Value-added utilization of copper slag to enhance the performance of magnesium potassium phosphate cement

Z Zhang, Q Wang, Z Huang - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
Copper slag, a byproduct of the production of copper metal, is difficult to be reused as
supplementary cementitious material in the ordinary Portland cement due to the low content …

Investigating the mechanical and hydraulic characteristics of pervious concrete containing copper slag as coarse aggregate

AR Lori, A Hassani, R Sedghi - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
In this research, the mechanical and hydraulic characteristics of pervious concrete
incorporating copper slag coarse aggregate were investigated. Generally, seven main mixes …

Producing green Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) using fine copper slag aggregates

E Sheikh, SR Mousavi, I Afshoon - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving the concrete mechanical properties/durability indicators and reducing its costs
and environmental damage by using waste materials have always been strategies for the …

Performance of self-compacting concrete comprising granite cutting waste as fine aggregate

A Jain, R Gupta, S Chaudhary - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Continuous stockpiling of granite industrial by-product enforced researchers to use this
waste in a sustainable manner in concrete to reduce its adverse impacts on the ecosystem …

Advantages and shortcomings of the utilization of recycled wastes as aggregates in structural concretes

S Miraldo, S Lopes, F Pacheco-Torgal… - Construction and building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Global material resources are quickly being drained by the demands of global economic
development. Simultaneously, the environmental impacts of the massive amounts of waste …

Copper slag: The leaching behavior of heavy metals and its applicability as a supplementary cementitious material

R He, S Zhang, X Zhang, Z Zhang, Y Zhao… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, copper slag (CS) was investigated in detail. The leaching mechanisms of the
heavy metals in CS were identified via a pH-dependent leaching test combined with a …

Durability characteristics of self-compacting concrete made with copper slag

N Gupta, R Siddique - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, research was conducted to investigate the performance of copper slag in self-
compacting concrete (SCC) pertaining to fresh and hardened properties. In this study …