Rheological behavior, mechanical properties, fire resistance, and gamma ray attenuation capability for eco-friendly cementitious mixes incorporating thermally treated …

A Mohsen, MS Amin, SA Waly, M Ramadan - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study is to develop eco-friendly innovative binding materials
based on lead sludge (sludge generated during glass polishing) for various advanced …

Evaluating the role of magnesium aluminate nano spinel in phase composition, meso-porosity, compressive strength, and drying shrinkage of alkali-activated slag

A Mohsen, M Ramadan, AO Habib… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The effect of nano magnesium aluminate (MA) spinel on the performance of blast-furnace
slag with low NaOH content (3 wt%) was explored for the first time in the present work. Two …

The impact of wurtzite and mesoporous Zn-Al-CO3 LDH on the performance of alkali-activated-slag: setting times, compressive strength, and radiation attenuation

A Mohsen, MS Amin, FA Selim, M Ramadan - Construction and Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although including wurtzite (ZnO) in cementitious materials significantly enhances gamma-
radiation mitigation, its use is not recommended as it excessively prolongs the setting time …

Gamma radiation shielding, fire resistance and physicochemical characteristics of Portland cement pastes modified with synthesized Fe2O3 and ZnO nanoparticles

SA Abo-El-Enein, FI El-Hosiny, SMA El-Gamal… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This investigation aimed to utilize the synthesized hematite nanoparticles (α-Fe 2 O 3) as
well as ZnO nanoparticles (Wurtzite phase) for enhancing the mechanical properties …

Investigation of the mechanical properties, morphology and the attenuation behavior of gamma rays for OPC pastes mingled with two different glass wastes

F Shwita, N El-Faramawy, W Ramadan… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The main goal of the current work is to fabricate cheap and eco-friendly materials to protect
civilians as well as living creatures from harmful gamma radiation via recycling two diverse …

Ceramic waste as an efficient material for enhancing the fire resistance and mechanical properties of hardened Portland cement pastes

SMA El-Gamal, FI El-Hosiny, MS Amin… - Construction and Building …, 2017 - Elsevier
Utilization of industrial byproducts like ceramic waste (CW) for enhancing the microstructure
and mechanical properties as well as the fire resistance of hardened ordinary Portland …

Effect of elevated temperature and cooling regimes on the compressive strength, microstructure and radiation attenuation of fly ash–cement composites modified with …

FA Selim, MS Amin, M Ramadan, MM Hazem - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the consequence of elevated temperature on the compressive
strength, microstructure and γ-radiation mitigation of OPC/fly ash (FA) composites modified …

Mechanical, microstructural and acid resistance aspects of improved hardened Portland cement pastes incorporating marble dust and fine kaolinite sand

FA Selim, FS Hashem, MS Amin - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this research is the implementation of low cost solid wastes like marble dust
(MD) and fine kaolinite sand (FKS) aspiring to upgrade mechanical, microstructure and acid …

Effect of addition of nano-magnetite on the hydration characteristics of hardened Portland cement and high slag cement pastes

MS Amin, SMA El-Gamal, FS Hashem - Journal of thermal analysis and …, 2013 - Springer
In this investigation the effect of addition of magnetite nanoparticles on the hydration
characteristics of both ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and high slag cement (HSC) pastes …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the mechanical properties of admixed blended cement pastes and estimating its kinetics of hydration by different techniques

A Mohsen, I Aiad, FI El-Hossiny, AO Habib - Egyptian Journal of Petroleum, 2020 - Elsevier
Mineral and organic admixtures are working together to give a compacting structure of
cemetinous matrix to form ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). Superplasticizers can …