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Isolation and identification of polystyrene degrading bacteria from zophobas morio’s gut [PDF]
, 2015 Polystyrene (PS) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) are commodity plastics widely used in many industries. The increase of PS in the environment causes ecological threats.
A. Razak, Aliff Hisyam +4 more
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Construction and Building Materials, 2020 Abstract Mortar is one of the most important component of cement based composites. Aggregates have also a significant effect on properties of mortars. Generally natural and crushed fine aggregates are used in mortar production for different applications and aims, one of which is energy conservation in buildings and facilities.
Koksal, Fuat +2 more
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Strength properties of polymer mortar panels using methyl methacrylate solution of waste expanded polystyrene as binder [PDF]
, 2011 The present study examines the applicability of polymermortarpanels using a methylmethacrylate (MMA) solution of wasteexpandedpolystyrene (EPS) to develop effective recycling processes for the EPS, referring to the strengthproperties of a polymer ...
Ohama, Yoshihiko +2 more
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Potential of using palm oil fuel ash and expanded polystyrene as an alternative concrete substance [PDF]
, 2020 Recently, the use of recyclable materials as concrete materials has become increasingly popular. Many researchers have interested on the use of different materials such as fibre, pozzolanic materials, plastic, polystyrene, food waste and so on for the ...
Adnan, Suraya Hani +2 more
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Journal of Water and Land Development, 2017 The use of expanded polystyrene filters is a promising method for tertiary treatment of domestic waste effluent where biologically treated effluent is filtered through a layer of buoyant polystyrene beads.
Fylypchuk Viktor +4 more
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Recovery and Incorporation of expanded polystyrene SolidWaste in Lightweight Concrete
Ingeniería, 2020 Context: The high consumption of parts made from expanded polystyrene (EPS) generates environmental problems when disposed. Due to its low density and the low possibility of being utilized in other applications after its disposal, it is necessary to ...
María Paula Espinoza-Merchán +3 more
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Influence of insulating materials on green building rating system results [PDF]
, 2016 This paper analyzes the impact of a change in the thermal insulating material on both the energy and environmental performance of a building, evaluated through two different green building assessment methods: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
BISEGNA, Fabio +7 more
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Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020 In the past decades, the speed and scale of Chinese infrastructure construction have been enormous, and the resulting construction waste is also quite amazing, which has become a huge threat to environmental protection.
Weihua Lu, Jianyun Wang, Yongxing Zhang
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Corn cob lightweight concrete for non-structural applications [PDF]
, 2012 A lightweight concrete using granulated corn cob (without corn) as an aggregate is proposed in this research work. Taking into account that corn cob, after extracting the corn, is generally considered an agricultural waste, an interesting economic and ...
Cunha, V. +8 more
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Stress-strain Curve Analysis for the Mixture of Expanded Polystyrene and Polypropylene Plastic Waste
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2019 The environmental problem related to urban solid waste generation and management requires alternatives that enable communities to have appropriate collection, transport and disposal methods for urban solid waste.
Johanna K Solano +2 more
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