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Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainability of Alkali-Activated Binders

Limiting the consumption of nonrenewable resources and minimizing waste production and associated gas emissions are the main priority of the construction sector to achieve a sustainable future. This study investigates the sustainability performance of newly developed binders known as alkali-activate...

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Autores principales: Alhassan, Mohammad, Alkhawaldeh, Ayah, Betoush, Nour, Alkhawaldeh, Mohammad, Huseien, Ghasan Fahim, Amaireh, Layla, Elrefae, Ahmad
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9944458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36810389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010058
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author Alhassan, Mohammad
Alkhawaldeh, Ayah
Betoush, Nour
Alkhawaldeh, Mohammad
Huseien, Ghasan Fahim
Amaireh, Layla
Elrefae, Ahmad
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Alkhawaldeh, Ayah
Betoush, Nour
Alkhawaldeh, Mohammad
Huseien, Ghasan Fahim
Amaireh, Layla
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description Limiting the consumption of nonrenewable resources and minimizing waste production and associated gas emissions are the main priority of the construction sector to achieve a sustainable future. This study investigates the sustainability performance of newly developed binders known as alkali-activated binders (AABs). These AABs work satisfactorily in creating and enhancing the concept of greenhouse construction in accordance with sustainability standards. These novel binders are founded on the notion of utilizing ashes from mining and quarrying wastes as raw materials for hazardous and radioactive waste treatment. The life cycle assessment, which depicts material life from the extraction of raw materials through the destruction stage of the structure, is one of the most essential sustainability factors. A recent use for AAB has been created, such as the use of hybrid cement, which is made by combining AAB with ordinary Portland cement (OPC). These binders are a successful answer to a green building alternative if the techniques used to make them do not have an unacceptable negative impact on the environment, human health, or resource depletion. The Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) software was employed for choosing the optimal materials’ alternative depending on the available criteria. The results revealed that AAB concrete provided a more ecologically friendly alternative than OPC concrete, higher strength for comparable water/binder ratio, and better performance in terms of embodied energy, resistance to freeze–thaw cycles, high temperature resistance, and mass loss due to acid attack and abrasion.
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spelling pubmed-99444582023-02-23 Life Cycle Assessment of the Sustainability of Alkali-Activated Binders Alhassan, Mohammad Alkhawaldeh, Ayah Betoush, Nour Alkhawaldeh, Mohammad Huseien, Ghasan Fahim Amaireh, Layla Elrefae, Ahmad Biomimetics (Basel) Article Limiting the consumption of nonrenewable resources and minimizing waste production and associated gas emissions are the main priority of the construction sector to achieve a sustainable future. This study investigates the sustainability performance of newly developed binders known as alkali-activated binders (AABs). These AABs work satisfactorily in creating and enhancing the concept of greenhouse construction in accordance with sustainability standards. These novel binders are founded on the notion of utilizing ashes from mining and quarrying wastes as raw materials for hazardous and radioactive waste treatment. The life cycle assessment, which depicts material life from the extraction of raw materials through the destruction stage of the structure, is one of the most essential sustainability factors. A recent use for AAB has been created, such as the use of hybrid cement, which is made by combining AAB with ordinary Portland cement (OPC). These binders are a successful answer to a green building alternative if the techniques used to make them do not have an unacceptable negative impact on the environment, human health, or resource depletion. The Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) software was employed for choosing the optimal materials’ alternative depending on the available criteria. The results revealed that AAB concrete provided a more ecologically friendly alternative than OPC concrete, higher strength for comparable water/binder ratio, and better performance in terms of embodied energy, resistance to freeze–thaw cycles, high temperature resistance, and mass loss due to acid attack and abrasion. MDPI 2023-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9944458/ /pubmed/36810389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010058 Text en © 2023 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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Elrefae, Ahmad
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