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View article: New Eco-Cements Made with Marabou Weed Biomass Ash
New Eco-Cements Made with Marabou Weed Biomass Ash Open
Biomass ash is currently attracting the attention of science and industry as an inexhaustible eco-friendly alternative to pozzolans traditionally used in commercial cement manufacture (fly ash, silica fume, natural/calcined pozzolan). This…
View article: Advances in the understanding of alkaline waste materials as potential eco-pozzolans: Characterisation, reactivity and behaviour
Advances in the understanding of alkaline waste materials as potential eco-pozzolans: Characterisation, reactivity and behaviour Open
View article: High-Efficiency Contact Technology On Carbonation of Ladle Furnace Steel Slags and Recycled Concrete Fines for Novel Low-Carbon Supplementary Cementitious Materials
High-Efficiency Contact Technology On Carbonation of Ladle Furnace Steel Slags and Recycled Concrete Fines for Novel Low-Carbon Supplementary Cementitious Materials Open
View article: Volcanic ash from La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) as Portland cement constituent
Volcanic ash from La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) as Portland cement constituent Open
View article: New Eco-Friendly Calcium Sulfoaluminate Clinkerization Method Using Construction and Demolition Waste, and Product Life Cycle Assessment
New Eco-Friendly Calcium Sulfoaluminate Clinkerization Method Using Construction and Demolition Waste, and Product Life Cycle Assessment Open
View article: Durability of Construction and Demolition Waste-Bearing Ternary Eco-Cements
Durability of Construction and Demolition Waste-Bearing Ternary Eco-Cements Open
In recent years, the development of ternary cements has become a priority research line for obtaining cements with a lower carbon footprint, with the goal to contribute to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This study compared ordinary Po…
View article: Reactivity in cement pastes bearing fine fraction concrete and glass from construction and demolition waste: Microstructural analysis of viability
Reactivity in cement pastes bearing fine fraction concrete and glass from construction and demolition waste: Microstructural analysis of viability Open
Converting construction and demolition waste (CDW) into secondary raw materials is one of the priorities of environmental policy and circular economy strategy. This study analysed the variation in eco-efficient paste reactivity with OPC re…
View article: Nuevos cementos eco-eficientes elaborados con la fracción fina de hormigón reciclado para futuras aplicaciones ingenieriles
Nuevos cementos eco-eficientes elaborados con la fracción fina de hormigón reciclado para futuras aplicaciones ingenieriles Open
Los residuos de la construcción son un gran problema medioambiental. Europa ha priorizado su reciclaje para nuevas construcciones ingenieriles. Sin embargo, la fracción fina de los residuos de hormigón, no presenta aplicaciones y son almac…
View article: Laboratory-scale study and semi-industrial validation of viability of inorganic CDW fine fractions as SCMs in blended cements
Laboratory-scale study and semi-industrial validation of viability of inorganic CDW fine fractions as SCMs in blended cements Open
View article: Multi-Technique Characterization of a Fine Fraction of CDW and Assessment of Reactivity in a CDW/Lime System
Multi-Technique Characterization of a Fine Fraction of CDW and Assessment of Reactivity in a CDW/Lime System Open
This study analysed the fine particle (<5 mm) waste generated during siliceous or calcareous (depending on the composition of the original aggregate) concrete waste crushing. In the absence of industrial applications, such waste is amassed…
View article: Evolution of Metakaolin Thermal and Chemical Activation from Natural Kaolin
Evolution of Metakaolin Thermal and Chemical Activation from Natural Kaolin Open
In the present paper, we study the combined effect of thermal activation (600 °C/2 h and 750 °C/2 h) and chemical activation with 1% ZnO on the reactivity of metakaolinite (MK) obtained from natural kaolin. The phases are identified by che…
View article: Mineral phases in metakaolin-portlandite pastes cured 15 years at 60 °C. New data for scientific advancement
Mineral phases in metakaolin-portlandite pastes cured 15 years at 60 °C. New data for scientific advancement Open
View article: Innovative circular ultralightweight cement mortar containing inorganic recycled building materials for the manufacturing of topologically optimized 3d printing architectural products (CUCEM3D project)
Innovative circular ultralightweight cement mortar containing inorganic recycled building materials for the manufacturing of topologically optimized 3d printing architectural products (CUCEM3D project) Open
Trabajo presentado al Congreso Internacional de Reciclaje de Residuos de Construcción y Demolición (RCD), celebrado en el Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETCC-CSIC) el 30 y 31 de octubre de 2019.
View article: Vitrified Walls in the Iron Age of Western Iberia: New Research from an Archaeometric Perspective
Vitrified Walls in the Iron Age of Western Iberia: New Research from an Archaeometric Perspective Open
The phenomenon of Iron Age vitrified ramparts has become increasingly recognisable in the last twenty years in the Iberian Peninsula. After the first walls with vitrified stones were discovered in southern Portugal, there have been several…
View article: New developments in low clinker cement paste mineralogy
New developments in low clinker cement paste mineralogy Open
View article: Carbonation-Induced Mineralogical Changes in Coal Mining Waste Blended Cement Pastes and Their Influence on Mechanical and Microporosity Properties
Carbonation-Induced Mineralogical Changes in Coal Mining Waste Blended Cement Pastes and Their Influence on Mechanical and Microporosity Properties Open
The worldwide pursuit of new eco-efficient pozzolans is ongoing. Kaolinite-based waste is an eco-friendly source of recycled metakaolinite, a highly pozzolanic product. In this study, a blended cement paste containing 20% activated coal wa…
View article: Ca/Si and Si/Al Ratios of Metakaolinite-Based Wastes: Their Influence on Mineralogy and Mechanical Strengths
Ca/Si and Si/Al Ratios of Metakaolinite-Based Wastes: Their Influence on Mineralogy and Mechanical Strengths Open
Kaolinite-based wastes are researched as an alternative means of extracting metakaolinite, a pozzolanic product for the manufacture of eco-efficient cements. However, both crystallinity and the content of this crystalline phase play import…
View article: Influence of ZnO on the activation of kaolinite-based coal waste: Pozzolanic activity and mineralogy in the pozzolan/lime system
Influence of ZnO on the activation of kaolinite-based coal waste: Pozzolanic activity and mineralogy in the pozzolan/lime system Open
View article: Coal-Mining Tailings as a Pozzolanic Material in Cements Industry
Coal-Mining Tailings as a Pozzolanic Material in Cements Industry Open
The generation of enormous volumes of mine-tailing waste is standard practice in the mining industry. Large quantities of these tailings are also sources of kaolinite-rich materials that accumulate in slag heaps, causing significant enviro…
View article: Coal mining waste: an alternative for the design of metakaolinite-based eco-efficient cements
Coal mining waste: an alternative for the design of metakaolinite-based eco-efficient cements Open
Trabajo presentado a la International Conference on Construction Research / Eduardo Torroja: Architecture, Engineering, Concrete (AEC), celebrada en el Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETCC-CSIC) del 21 al 23 de n…
View article: Coal Tailings as a Pozzolanic Material in Cements: A Preliminary Study for Their Use in Sleepers and Slab Track Railway System. Part I. Materials Selection
Coal Tailings as a Pozzolanic Material in Cements: A Preliminary Study for Their Use in Sleepers and Slab Track Railway System. Part I. Materials Selection Open
One source of kaolinite-rich wastes is from mine tailings and the generation of enormous volumes of mine tailings waste is standard practice in this industry. These volumes of waste are, at present, dumped, provoking significant environmen…
View article: Effects of calcination temperature and the addition of ZnO on coal waste activation: A mineralogical and morphological evolution
Effects of calcination temperature and the addition of ZnO on coal waste activation: A mineralogical and morphological evolution Open
View article: Influencia de residuos de carbón activado en la evolución térmica de morteros eco-eficientes
Influencia de residuos de carbón activado en la evolución térmica de morteros eco-eficientes Open
PRE-CONPAT 16 España, “Avances en control de calidad, patología y recuperación de la construcción”; Madrid; 2 de diciembre de 2016; https://ta.upc.edu/es/noticias/i-congreso-nacional-pre-conpat-16-espana
View article: Coal Mining Waste as a Future Eco-Efficient Supplementary Cementing Material: Scientific Aspects
Coal Mining Waste as a Future Eco-Efficient Supplementary Cementing Material: Scientific Aspects Open
The stockpiling of tailings around coal mines poses a major environmental problem. Nonetheless, this clay mineral (kaolinite)-based waste can be reused as a supplementary cementitious material (recycled metakaolinite) in the manufacture of…
View article: Estériles de carbón como fuente de obtención de puzolanas base metacaolinita
Estériles de carbón como fuente de obtención de puzolanas base metacaolinita Open
XIV Congreso Nacional de Materiales; Gijón, 8 al 10 de junio de 2016; http://sociemat.es/index.php/es/congresos-sociemat/96-congresos-nacionales/xiv-congreso-nacional-de-materiales-gijon-2016/436-cnmat-gijon-2016
View article: Investigating the possible usage of elephant grass ash to manufacture the eco-friendly binary cements
Investigating the possible usage of elephant grass ash to manufacture the eco-friendly binary cements Open
View article: Influence of Ca/Si ratio on the microstructure and properties of blended cements elaborated with kaolinite based waste
Influence of Ca/Si ratio on the microstructure and properties of blended cements elaborated with kaolinite based waste Open
View article: The Influence of Activated Coal Mining Wastes on the Mineralogy of Blended Cement Pastes
The Influence of Activated Coal Mining Wastes on the Mineralogy of Blended Cement Pastes Open
In recent years, kaolinite‐based wastes are focusing the attention of researchers to obtain recycled metakaolinite, with consequent environmental and socioeconomic benefits. One of these lines of research is based on coal mining waste, whi…