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Mechanical properties of lightweight green concrete including nano calcium carbonate

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Green concrete is concrete taking waste materials within its constituents. Researchers seek always to develop this kind of concrete in order to produce higher performance of using. This research pursues and emphasis on the using of nano waste material to enhance the properties of lightweight concrete and get lightweight green concrete. Aluminum powder has been used to obtain lightweight concrete (aerated concrete). Nano calcium carbonate (Nano-CaCO3) and Ceramic waste powder (CWP) used by containing 0%, 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% and 0%, 25% 50%, 75% and 100%, respectively. Nano-CaCO3 substituted by percent weight of cement, while the CWP substituted by percent weight of fine aggregate. Flowability, compressive strength and splitting tensile strength have been investigated of lightweight green concrete (LWGC). Nano-CaCO3 and CWP showed significance affecting on compressive strength and splitting tensile strength. Increasing in Nano-CaCO3 content lead to increasing on the strength of LWGC. Also, using CWP up to 25% and 50% content gave a remarkable results when comparing with other mixes. The flowability reduced with rising in Nano-CaCO3 and CWP content. MCDM procedure is used in this study to represent the optimal mix. M50-4 reflected the best mix within 25 different mixture, which means that using 50% CWP and 4% Nano-CaCO3 presented the best compressive and splitting tensile strength. M50-4 represented the optimal using up of the wastes materials (CWP and Nano-CaCO3).

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Abbreviations

AC:

Aerated concrete

LWGC:

Lightweight green concrete

LWC:

Lightweight concrete

CWP:

Ceramic waste powder

SCM:

Supplementary cementitious materials

GGBS:

Slag ground granulated blast slag

OPC (PC):

Ordinary Portland cement

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

C3A:

Tricalcium aluminate

C–S–H:

Calcium–silicate–hydrate

UHD:

Ultra high density

MCDM:

Multiple criteria decision making

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Acknowledgements

Authors thank Dr. Shihab Ahmed for his assistance in data acquisition, and Mr. Moaid fiak for his assistance with measurements and analyses. The authors’ responsibilities were as follows—Rami Joseph Sldozian and Ali Jihad: designed the research and wrote the manuscript; Hesham Salim: analyzed data; all of the authors: edited the manuscript and conducted the research and had primary responsibility for the final content of the manuscript; and all authors: read and approved the final manuscript. None of the authors had a conflict of interest.

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    Rami Joseph Aghajan Sldozian

  2. Construction Materials Technology Engineering Department, Engineering Technical College of Mosul, Northern Technical University, Mosul, Iraq

    Ali Jihad Hamad

  3. Department of Building and Construction, Engineering Technical College of Mosul, Northern Technical University, Mosul, Iraq

    Hesham Salim Al-Rawe

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Sldozian, R.J.A., Hamad, A.J. & Al-Rawe, H.S. Mechanical properties of lightweight green concrete including nano calcium carbonate. J Build Rehabil 8, 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41024-022-00247-1

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