Alkali-activated materials are a new class of compounds that have been studied by several
authors worldwide. Alkali-activated binders can be competitive alternatives to traditional …

Brazil is a country of continental dimensions and characteristics with enormous biodiversity
of fauna and flora which confers a prominent role in the sector of extraction of agricultural …

Renewable energy plays an important role in reducing global carbon (CO 2) emission. This
paper builds a RER (renewable energy consumption rate) index to represent the energy …

Industrialization and urban growth have led to a high demand for Portland cement in the
world. However, cement production contributes to the increase in the greenhouse effect with …

The waste from the flat glass polishing process for civil construction is generally discarded in
landfills. Despite some researchers evaluating its application in the development of …

Crumb rubber has been used since sometime to improve the impact and toughness of
normally brittle concrete. As the failure due to fatigue and impact loadings is a problem in …

The fresh and rheological properties of alkali mortars activated by blast furnace slag (BFS)
were investigated. Consistency tests, squeeze flow, dropping ball, mass density in the …

Environmental concerns related to the disposal of various waste materials have escalated to
a worrying level. Depending on the local industries, different types of waste are generated in …

The production process of ceramic roof tiles requires a large consumption of natural raw
material, such as clay, and energy consumption in the sintering process. Thus, the objective …

Recycling and reusing solid wastes as construction materials is an issue that has received
much attention from research scholars around the world in recent years. This research was …