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Exploitation of limestone in brick making

  • Gamal Saad Abdelhaffez and Ahmed Abdul Mageed Ahmed
Published/Copyright: March 27, 2015
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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 57 Issue 4

Abstract

In Egypt, large amounts of limestone dust are accumulated in running limestone quarries every year. Disposal of these wastes is a rapidly growing problem and causes certain serious environmental problems as well as health hazards. Therefore, research for utilizing these disposals is urgently needed. The main aim of this study is to investigate both physical and mechanical properties of brick specimens containing combinations of limestone dust and small amount of Portland cement as a binder for producing house building brick. Limestone dust and cement were mixed, humidified and molded by two methods, manual method and mechanical molding method. After demolding, the produced specimens were dried in air at room temperature for 28 days. The obtained values of water absorption, bulk density, slake durability index and compressive strength satisfy the Egyptian standard of fired clay building units for non-load bearing walls. The test results indicate that brick specimens contain 14 % cement which satisfy the requirements of building of non-load bearing walls in Egypt. The process undertaken can easily be applied in the working Egyptian brick plants using semi mechanization system. The positive use of these wastes converts them into useful products, saving natural resources and can alleviate the disposal and environmental problems.

Kurzfassung

In Ägypten werden jedes Jahr große Mengen von Kalkstein-Stäuben in den betriebenden Kalksteinbrüchen akkumuliert. Die Freisetzung dieser Abfälle stellt ein rapide anwachsendes Problem dar und verursacht schwerwiegende Umweltschäden sowie entsprechende Gesundheitsgefahren. Daher besteht ein dringender Forschungsbedarf zur Nutzung dieser Abfälle. Das Hauptziel der diesem Beitrag zugrunde liegenden Studie bestand in der Untersuchung der physikalischen sowie der mechanischen Eigenschaften der Ziegelproben, die eine Kombination als Kalksteinstaub und Portland-Zement als Binder bei der Herstellung von Ziegeln für den Hausbau enthielten. Der Kalksteinstaub und der Zement wurden mittels zweier Verfahren gemischt, befeuchtet und geformt, nämlich nach dem manuellen und dem mechanischem Verfahren. Nach dem Entformen wurden die so hergestellten Proben an Luft und Raumtemperatur für 28 Tage getrocknet. Die bestimmten Werte für die Wasserabsorption, die Gesamtdichte, den Index der Beständigkeit des gelöschten Kalkes und die Druckfestigkeit genügen dem ägyptischen Standard für feuerfeste Gebäude aus Lehmziegeln für nicht-lasttragende Wände. Die Versuchsergebnisse zeigen, dass die Ziegel mit 14 % Zement den Anforderungen für nicht-tragende Wände von Gebäuden in Ägypten entsprechen. Das angewandte Verfahren kann leicht in herstellenden ägyptische Ziegelfabriken unter Verwendung eines halb-mechanisierten Systems übertragen werden. Die positive Verwendung dieser Abfälle verwandelt sie in nützliche Produkte, dadurch werden natürliche Ressourcen geschont und die Entsorgungs- und Umweltprobleme vermindert.

§Correspondence Address, Associate Prof. Dr. Gamal Saad Abdelhaffez, Mining Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdul Aziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, E-mail:

Dr. Gamal Saad Abdelhaffez, born in 1967, is Associate Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He achieved his BSc at the Mining Engineering Department, Assiut University, Egypt, in 1990 and his MSc in the field of Mining Engineering at Alazhar University, Egypt, in 1999. In 2005, he finished his PhD in Mining Engineering at the Assiut University in Egypt. His fields of interest cover mineral processing, rock grinding operation and environmental impact of the mining industries.

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdul Mageed Ahmed, born in 1945, is Professor in the Mining Engineering Department at the Assiut University in Egypt. He achieved his BSc at the Mining Engineering Department at the Assiut University, Egypt, in 1966 and his MSc in the field of Mining Engineering at the Assiut University, Egypt, in 1978. In 1984, he finished his PhD in Mining Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the Assiut University, Egypt. His fields of interest cover mineral processing, recycling of mining and quarry waste materials and environmental engineering.

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Published Online: 2015-03-27
Published in Print: 2015-04-01

© 2015, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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  3. Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
  4. Influence of the production process on the deformation and fatigue performance of friction drilled internal threads in the aluminum alloy 6060*
  5. Effect of quench and strain aging on the mechanical properties of low carbon microalloyed steels
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  8. Effect of cryogenic treatment on the microstructure and wear behavior of a T-42 tool steel
  9. Application of the response surface methodology in the ball burnishing process for the prediction and analysis of surface hardness of the aluminum alloy AA 7075
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  13. Acoustic emission testing of surface roughness and wear caused by grinding of ceramic materials
  14. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of hardened compacted cemented soils at early curing stage
  15. Microstructure and pore fractal dimensions of recycled thermal insulation concrete
  16. Microstructure and tribological properties of electrolytic plasma nitrided high-speed steel
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