Studying the influence of industrial waste additives on the formation of C–S–H phases in the sand-lime brick

Abstract

In spite of a broad spectrum of modern construction walling materials the sand-lime brick is still popular due to its relative inexpensiveness, ecological compatibility of the raw material and its availability. In Ukraine, the sand-lime brick segment makes up 7% of the market of construction walling materials. The production of it requires about 12.5% of the total volume of lime consumed in Ukraine. A replacement of the power-consuming raw material, i.e. the lime by the furnace-blast slag will contribute to the partial solution of such problems as an efficient use of raw material resources and a decrease of anthropogenic loading on the environment.