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An Experimental and Empirical Study on the Use of Waste Marble Powder in Construction Material

Marble is currently a commonly used material in the building industry, and environmental degradation is an inevitable consequence of its use. Marble waste occurs during the exploitation of deposits using shooting technologies. The obtained elements most mainly often have an irregular geometry and sm...

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Autores principales: Sufian, Muhammad, Ullah, Safi, Ostrowski, Krzysztof Adam, Ahmad, Ayaz, Zia, Asad, Śliwa-Wieczorek, Klaudia, Siddiq, Muhammad, Awan, Arsam Ahmad
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8307067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34300748
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14143829
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author Sufian, Muhammad
Ullah, Safi
Ostrowski, Krzysztof Adam
Ahmad, Ayaz
Zia, Asad
Śliwa-Wieczorek, Klaudia
Siddiq, Muhammad
Awan, Arsam Ahmad
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Ullah, Safi
Ostrowski, Krzysztof Adam
Ahmad, Ayaz
Zia, Asad
Śliwa-Wieczorek, Klaudia
Siddiq, Muhammad
Awan, Arsam Ahmad
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description Marble is currently a commonly used material in the building industry, and environmental degradation is an inevitable consequence of its use. Marble waste occurs during the exploitation of deposits using shooting technologies. The obtained elements most mainly often have an irregular geometry and small dimensions, which excludes their use in the stone industry. There is no systematic way of disposing of these massive mounds of waste, which results in the occurrence of landfills and environmental pollution. To mitigate this problem, an effort was made to incorporate waste marble powder into clay bricks. Different percentage proportions of marble powder were considered as a partial substitute for clay, i.e., 5–30%. A total of 105 samples were prepared in order to assess the performance of the prepared marble clay bricks, i.e., their water absorption, bulk density, apparent porosity, salt resistance, and compressive strength. The obtained bricks were 1.3–19.9% lighter than conventional bricks. The bricks with the addition of 5–20% of marble powder had an adequate compressive strength with regards to the values required by international standards. Their compressive strength and bulk density decreased, while their water absorption capacity and porosity improved with an increased content of marble powder. The obtained empirical equations showed good agreement with the experimental results. The use of waste marble powder in the construction industry not only lowers project costs, but also reduces the likelihood of soil erosion and water contamination. This can be seen to be a crucial factor for economic growth in agricultural production.
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spelling pubmed-83070672021-07-25 An Experimental and Empirical Study on the Use of Waste Marble Powder in Construction Material Sufian, Muhammad Ullah, Safi Ostrowski, Krzysztof Adam Ahmad, Ayaz Zia, Asad Śliwa-Wieczorek, Klaudia Siddiq, Muhammad Awan, Arsam Ahmad Materials (Basel) Article Marble is currently a commonly used material in the building industry, and environmental degradation is an inevitable consequence of its use. Marble waste occurs during the exploitation of deposits using shooting technologies. The obtained elements most mainly often have an irregular geometry and small dimensions, which excludes their use in the stone industry. There is no systematic way of disposing of these massive mounds of waste, which results in the occurrence of landfills and environmental pollution. To mitigate this problem, an effort was made to incorporate waste marble powder into clay bricks. Different percentage proportions of marble powder were considered as a partial substitute for clay, i.e., 5–30%. A total of 105 samples were prepared in order to assess the performance of the prepared marble clay bricks, i.e., their water absorption, bulk density, apparent porosity, salt resistance, and compressive strength. The obtained bricks were 1.3–19.9% lighter than conventional bricks. The bricks with the addition of 5–20% of marble powder had an adequate compressive strength with regards to the values required by international standards. Their compressive strength and bulk density decreased, while their water absorption capacity and porosity improved with an increased content of marble powder. The obtained empirical equations showed good agreement with the experimental results. The use of waste marble powder in the construction industry not only lowers project costs, but also reduces the likelihood of soil erosion and water contamination. This can be seen to be a crucial factor for economic growth in agricultural production. MDPI 2021-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8307067/ /pubmed/34300748 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14143829 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ullah, Safi
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Ahmad, Ayaz
Zia, Asad
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Siddiq, Muhammad
Awan, Arsam Ahmad
An Experimental and Empirical Study on the Use of Waste Marble Powder in Construction Material
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8307067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34300748
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14143829
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