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Environmental risks and mechanical evaluation of recycling red mud in bricks
(Elsevier, 2020-07)
More and more by-products are being used in certain materials, especially in the construction industry. Natural construction materials contain amounts of heavy metals and radionuclides, but when by-products are used in ...
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Experimental study of a noise reducing barrier made of fly ash
(CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2021)
Although fly ash is commonly used as an additive to cement, large amounts of this material are disposed in landfills. To mitigate, it would be interesting to develop new products in which fly ash can be easily used and ...
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Is Recycling Always the Best Option? Environmental Assessment of Recycling of Seashell as Aggregates in Noise Barriers
(MDPI, 2020-07)
Waste recycling is an essential part of waste management. The concrete industry allows the use of large quantities of waste as a substitute for a conventional raw material without sacrificing the technical properties of ...
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Utilization of Boiler Slag from Pulverized-Coal-Combustion Power Plants in China for Manufacturing Acoustic Materials
(MDPI AG, 2020)
The potential utilization of boiler slag generated in large amounts from pulverized-coalcombustion (PCC) power plants has recently drawn much attention due to the serious problems caused to ecosystems. In order to make ...
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Assessment of natural radioactivity levels and radiation exposure in new building materials in Spain
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
Novel building materials were manufactured and analyzed for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K using an HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer. The results show that the highest value of 40K was 4530 Bq per kg which was measured in a sample ...