This paper focuses on the characterization of carbide lime (CL) - a by-product of acetylene production, composed mainly of calcium hydroxide with minor parts of carbonate - and compares its features to those of ""dry"" ...

Construction and demolition waste corresponds to 50% of all urban solid waste, usually it is dumped in improper places. This work reuses this waste as substitute of natural aggregate to produce bricks. Lime and cement were ...

Nowadays, the Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle, which is a post-consumer product, has generated a strong interest in the environmental consequences that surround it, and a suitable alternative is to incorporate it ...

The generation of large amounts of waste, together with the restriction of places for the disposal of industrial waste, the scarcity of natural minerals, the high rates of greenhouse gas emissions and the large consumption ...

Eco-efficient construction has emerged as a distinct new field. The reuse or recycling of residues for production of building materials has the potential to avoid incorrect disposal, decrease the volume of waste in landfills ...

Increasingly the industrial wastes are used with alternative source of raw material in the civil construction. Thus, the study was conducted with the objective to analyze the use of wastes from chemical recovery of Kraft ...

Waste from the construction, have in most cases the predominance of inerts materials and insusceptible reuse, which has a few purpose. This dissertation presents an approach on the correct disposal of this waste, using ...