FROST RESISTANCE OF MASONRY MORTAR BLENDED WITH INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURAL WASTE

XXIX kongres DIMK i X kongres SIGP sa Međunarodnim simpozijumom o istraživanjima i primeni savremenih dostignuća u građevinarstvu u oblasti materijala i konstrukcija (2025) [pp. 315-324]  

AUTHOR(S) / AUTOR(I): Vladan Pantić , Slobodan Šupić , Mirjana Malešev , Vlastimir Radonjanin 

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DOI: 10.46793/29DIMK.315P

ABSTRACT / SAŽETAK:

The use of waste materials in masonry mortars is not common, as traditional mortars primarily rely on cement and lime as binders. This study aims to investigate the effect of replacing cement with locally available industrial and agricultural waste materials: ceramic waste powder, corn cob ash, and fly as, on the frost resistance of mortar. As part of the experimental investigation, eight different mortar mixtures were prepared, varying the volume ratios of solid components (cement:lime:sand = 1:0.7:4.2 and 1:1:4), with cement being replaced by waste materials up to 50%. Since the mortars retained 75% of their initial compressive strength after 25 freeze-thaw cycles, it has been demonstrated that the selected materials can be successfully used in innovative and more environmentally friendly masonry mortars in low-temperature environments.

KEYWORDS / KLJUČNE REČI:

Masonry mortars, ceramic powder, fly ash, biomass ash, frost action

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / PROJEKAT:

The paper presents the part of research realized within the project “Development of new binders based on agricultural and industrial waste from the area of Vojvodina for the production of eco-friendly mortars“ financed by the Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research in Vojvodina.

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