Open AccessRecycling wastepaper papercrete to produce green concrete
Author(s) -
Aseel B. Al Zubaidi,
Shatha Riyad Ahmedizat,
Ahmed A. AlTabbakh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/870/1/012138
Subject(s) - ultimate tensile strength , flexural strength , compressive strength , cement , materials science , composite material , absorption of water
This research studies using wastepaper as a replacement material in concrete blends. A concrete mollified wastepaper created via adding wastepaper as partial replacement through cement’s weight. Furthermore, it might be considered as eco-friendly, construction material was reduced amount of wastepaper. Inherent strength was gained because of the presence regarding the hydrogen chains in wastepaper’s microstructure. Papercrete has less costs in comparison to substitute building construction materials, energy absorption. Sound absorption and low thermal insulation were enhanced by papercrete. The different presents of wastepaper used after treating namely 0%, 5%, 7% in addition to 10% through partial replacement that is related to the cement’s weight for studying concrete blend’s mechanized properties like flexural tensile strength, split strength, compressive strength and put to comparison with the conventional mix. The results have specified that the flexural tensile strength, splitting strength as well as compressive strength decreased as the wastepaper’s content increased.