Recycling of the product of thermal inertization of cement-asbestos for the production of concrete

摘要

A novel field of research in materials science is the recycling of secondary raw materials for construction and building materials such as concrete. This paper describes the successful recycling of as much as 20 wt% of the product of thermal transformation of cement-asbestos for the formulation of concrete. The main mineralogical phases present in the product of transformation of cement-asbestos are C2S, fer-rite, and A1-, Ca-, Mg-rich silicates such as akermanite (ideally Ca_2MgSi_2O_7) and merwinite (ideally Ca3Mg_2Si_2O_8). The behavior of this secondary raw material, termed KRYAS, in commercial concrete was investigated using five different mixtures in which various portions (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20wt%) of cement were substituted by KRYAS. The results of preliminary technological tests (slump test, compres-sive strength, flexural strength after 28 days, and depth of penetration of water under pressure after 28 days) were discussed and interpreted with the aid of chemical, mineralogical and SEM analyses. One of the major results is that after 28 days, although all the concrete samples are invariably classified as "ordinary concrete" according to the UNI 6132 tests, those diluted with KRYAS display a lower resistance to compression with respect to the standard. On the other hand, they recover compressive strength and display values identical to that of the standard after 90 days. The addition of the secondary raw material has the effect to slow down the kinetics of setting/hardening because the main cement phase present in KRY AS is C2S which has a slower rate of hydration with respect to C3S.