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Recycling cigarette butts in lightweight fired clay bricks

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Construction Materials, 2011
Several trillion cigarettes are produced worldwide annually, resulting in tonnes of cigarette butt waste. Cigarette butts accumulate in the environment due to the poor biodegradability of the cellulose acetate filters. Results from a study on recycling cigarette butts into fired clay bricks are presented. Five different soil–cigarette butts mixes with
A. Kadir, Aeslina, Mohajerani, Abbas
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Possible use of biosolids in fired-clay bricks

Construction and Building Materials, 2015
Abstract In Australia, thousands of tonnes of biosolids are produced annually and millions of dollars expended on their management. Biosolids are derived from wastewater sludge, which is the major solid component collected from the wastewater treatment process.
Aruna Ukwatta, Abbas Mohajerani, Sujeeva Setunge, Nicky Eshtiaghi   +3 more
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Neutron radiography determination of water diffusivity in fired clay brick

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2009
The real time neutron and gamma radiography station at Maria reactor, Institute of Atomic Energy, Swierk, Poland, was used to investigate the isothermal water absorption into fired clay brick samples. The investigated brick is different from the bricks reported in El Abd and Milczarek [2004.
A, El Abd, A, Czachor, J, Milczarek
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Investigation of kinetics of Cr(VI)–fired brick clay interaction

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011
Fired brick clay is an excellent sorbent for the removal of heavy metal ions from waste water, owing to the availability of pores and interlayer spacing. Consequently, heat treatment of brick clay significantly affects the extent of interaction between the brick clay sorbent and adsorbates.
Namal, Priyantha, Anushka, Bandaranayaka
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Kinetics of Long‐Term Moisture Expansion in Fired‐Clay Brick

Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2011
Slow, progressive moisture expansion is a general feature of fired‐clay ceramics. In masonry structures, it may produce cracking and must be allowed for in design. Expansion continues indefinitely although at a diminishing rate. Using long‐term data from four sources and extending up to 58 years, we show that a (time)
Hall, Christopher, Wilson, Moira A., Hoff, William D.   +2 more
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Fire resistance of fired clay bricks–fly ash composite cement pastes

Ceramics International, 2012
Abstract This work aims to study the effect of substitution of fly ash for homra on the hydration properties of composite cement pastes. The composite cements are composed of constant proportion of OPC (80%) with variable amounts of fly ash and homra.
Hamdy El-Didamony, Enas Abd El-Rahman, Randa M. Osman   +2 more
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Effect of heating rate on gas emissions and properties of fired clay bricks and fired clay bricks incorporated with cigarette butts

Applied Clay Science, 2015
Abstract In general, the firing process of clay bricks generates a range of gas emissions into the atmosphere. At high concentrations, these volatile emissions can be a serious source of environmental pollutions. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of different heating rates on gas emissions and properties during the firing of ...
Abdul Kadir, Aeslina, Abbas, Mohajerani
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Potential Of Fired Clay Bricks Produced From Aponmu Clay Deposits

Journal of the Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics, 2013
The potential of fired clay obtained from Aponmu river, Ondo State. Nigeria for brick production have been investigated. Properties of produced bricks investigated was compressive strength, density and water absorption. The results shows that the Compressive strength, density and water absorption values ranged from 2.48 to 3.69 N/mm2 , 1340kg/m3 to ...
Osarenmwinda, JO, Ali, T
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Recycling cigarette butts in fired clay bricks

Worldwide, cigarette butts (CBs) are among the most common type of litter. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that in 2004 over 5.5 trillion cigarettes were produced in the world. This is equivalent to an estimated of 1.2 million tonnes of cigarette butt waste per year.
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Enhanced fired-clay bricks incorporating cigarette butts

Cigarette butts (CBs) are the world's most prevalent source of waste litter. In the year 2016, 5.7 trillion cigarettes were consumed worldwide, and about 97% of the cigarette filters were composed of cellulose acetate, a modified natural polymer. In Australia, it is estimated that over 20 billion filtered cigarettes are consumed each year, of which an ...
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