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Lightweight mortars containing expanded polystyrene and paper sludge ash [PDF]

open access: yesConstruction and Building Materials, 2014
The objective of this research was to develop lightweight cement mortars with good thermal-insulation properties by incorporating expanded polystyrene (EPS) and paper sludge ash (PSA), both of which are problematic waste materials. The mortars formed had
Bond, Thomas   +3 more
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Mechanical properties of concrete containing palm oil fuel ash and modified expanded polystyrene beads as replacement materials using finite element method [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Nowadays, so much waste material was dumped and produced by the industrial sector. In this research, the Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA) and Modified Expanded Polystyrene beads (EPS) were used as replacement material.
A Rahman, Noor Khazanah   +6 more
core   +1 more source

The effect of expanded polystyrene on the heating of particle-polymer package

open access: yesНаукові праці Лісівничої академії наук України, 2019
This paper is devoted to the study of the influence of expanded polystyrene on the heating of the particle-polymer package during the hot pressing of lightweight particleboards.
Pavlo Bekhta , Liubov Baizova
doaj   +1 more source

Emission fluxes of styrene monomers and other chemicals for products containing expanded polystyrene beads

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Styrene in indoor air can adversely affect human health. In this study, styrene monomer and other chemical emission fluxes for products containing expanded polystyrene beads (pillows, cushions, and soft toys) were measured at various temperatures to ...
Atsushi Iizuka   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Lightweight recycled gypsum with residues of expanded polystyrene and cellulose fiber to improve thermal properties of gypsum

open access: yesMateriales de Construccion, 2021
In this study, different proportions of gypsum composite reinforced with recycled cellulose fibers and expanded polystyrene were produced to study the properties of thermal conductivity, density, and flexural strength to be used as sealing plates to ...
K.A. de Oliveira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Studies Involving the Impact of Solar Radiation on the Properties of Expanded Graphite Polystyrene

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
This article presents the research studies aimed at identifying the behavior of expanded polystyrene with the addition of graphite in the conditions of exposure to solar radiation.
Paweł Krause, Artur Nowoświat
doaj   +1 more source

Mathematical model of the pressing process of lightweight particleboards with the expanded polystyrene in content

open access: yesНаукові праці Лісівничої академії наук України, 2018
Assuming that the chip-polymer package overlaid by rotary-cut veneer has the form of a plate located between the press plates heated to a certain temperature, and applying the known laws of Fourier thermal conductivity and the equation of heat quantity ...
Pavlo Bekhta , Liubov Baizova
doaj   +1 more source

Biodegradation of polystyrene by intestinal symbiotic bacteria isolated from mealworms, the larvae of Tenebrio molitor

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Objectives: Polystyrene is a plastic that leads to environmental pollution. In particular, expanded polystyrene is very light and takes up much space, causing additional environmental problems.
Ji-Won Park   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Some features of the structural systems of houses built from materials [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
This paper discusses the technological and design features of houses built from local clay materials, in particular, those built from a wooden frame filled with clay materials called “synch” and from adobe or clay materials of irregular shape “pakhsa ...
Mamatov Zhanybek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of expanded glass and polystyrene waste on the properties of lightweight aggregate concrete

open access: yesEngineering Structures and Technologies, 2016
The main objective of this study is to create a lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC) with a low thermal conductivity coefficient using expanded glass (EG) aggregate, produced from waste glass or crushed expanded polystyrene waste, obtained by crushing ...
Jurga Šeputytė-Jucikė   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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