This paper aims at testing the use of mixtures constituted by natural zeolitized products and SiC-bearing industrial wastes (sludge deriving from polishing of porcelain stoneware tiles, hereafter DPM) for the production of lightweight expanded aggregates as constituents of structural and/or themo-insulating lightweight concretes. Two commercial products have been used as zeolite natural source: Cab70 (Yellow facies of Campanian Ignimbrite) and IZclino (Turkish clinoptilolite-rich epiclastite). Different amounts of a calcareous material (Pozzano limestones - hereafter CP) from the Sorrento peninsula (Naples - Italy) were also added to a Cab70-DPM mixture. All raw materials were characterized by means of mineralogical (XRPD) and chemical (XRF) analyses. All the products and mixtures were tested from a technological point of view by means of fusibility and firing tests in order to evaluate the expanding properties. It was evidenced that the expansion of the mixture was deeply depending on the occurrence of SiC in the industrial waste. The addition of CP (10 wt.%) to the mixtures accounts for an even increased expansion, though this is accompanied by a worsening of the mechanical features of the material. These results along with literature data allowed to select 3 mixtures (70% Cab70-30% DPM, 70% IZclino-30% DPM, 60% Cab70-30% DPM-10% CP) and each of them was used for the preparation of 5 1 of lightweight aggregates afterward employed for the manufacture of lightweight concretes. It was remarked that natural zeolitized materials mixed with DPM (30 wt.%) can provide lightweight aggregates with densities ranging between 0.8 and 1.0 g/cm(3) suitable for the preparation of structural lightweight concretes. The addition to the mixture of CP (10 wt.%) produces less dense aggregates (0.6-0.7 g/cm(3)) potentially useful for the manufacture of thermo insulating lightweight concretes.

Use of zeolite-rich rocks and waste materials for the production of structural lightweight concretes / DE GENNARO, Roberto; Langella, A.; D'Amore, M.; Dondi, M.; Colella, Abner; Cappelletti, Piergiulio; DE GENNARO, Maurizio. - In: APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE. - ISSN 0169-1317. - STAMPA. - 41:(2008), pp. 61-72. [10.1016/j.clay.2007.09.008]

Use of zeolite-rich rocks and waste materials for the production of structural lightweight concretes

DE GENNARO, ROBERTO;A. Langella;COLELLA, ABNER;CAPPELLETTI, PIERGIULIO;DE GENNARO, MAURIZIO
2008

Abstract

This paper aims at testing the use of mixtures constituted by natural zeolitized products and SiC-bearing industrial wastes (sludge deriving from polishing of porcelain stoneware tiles, hereafter DPM) for the production of lightweight expanded aggregates as constituents of structural and/or themo-insulating lightweight concretes. Two commercial products have been used as zeolite natural source: Cab70 (Yellow facies of Campanian Ignimbrite) and IZclino (Turkish clinoptilolite-rich epiclastite). Different amounts of a calcareous material (Pozzano limestones - hereafter CP) from the Sorrento peninsula (Naples - Italy) were also added to a Cab70-DPM mixture. All raw materials were characterized by means of mineralogical (XRPD) and chemical (XRF) analyses. All the products and mixtures were tested from a technological point of view by means of fusibility and firing tests in order to evaluate the expanding properties. It was evidenced that the expansion of the mixture was deeply depending on the occurrence of SiC in the industrial waste. The addition of CP (10 wt.%) to the mixtures accounts for an even increased expansion, though this is accompanied by a worsening of the mechanical features of the material. These results along with literature data allowed to select 3 mixtures (70% Cab70-30% DPM, 70% IZclino-30% DPM, 60% Cab70-30% DPM-10% CP) and each of them was used for the preparation of 5 1 of lightweight aggregates afterward employed for the manufacture of lightweight concretes. It was remarked that natural zeolitized materials mixed with DPM (30 wt.%) can provide lightweight aggregates with densities ranging between 0.8 and 1.0 g/cm(3) suitable for the preparation of structural lightweight concretes. The addition to the mixture of CP (10 wt.%) produces less dense aggregates (0.6-0.7 g/cm(3)) potentially useful for the manufacture of thermo insulating lightweight concretes.
2008
Use of zeolite-rich rocks and waste materials for the production of structural lightweight concretes / DE GENNARO, Roberto; Langella, A.; D'Amore, M.; Dondi, M.; Colella, Abner; Cappelletti, Piergiulio; DE GENNARO, Maurizio. - In: APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE. - ISSN 0169-1317. - STAMPA. - 41:(2008), pp. 61-72. [10.1016/j.clay.2007.09.008]
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