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Self-compacting mortar with sugarcane bagasse ash: development of a sustainable alternative for Brazilian civil construction

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The technically controlled use of industrial residues in replacement of natural resources for the production of new products with comparable quality presents a great economic and sustainable contribution. In this sense, this work sought to develop self-compacting mortars with partial replacement of sand by sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) by a rheological study of the optimum dosage of superplasticizer to cement ratio. The self-compacting parameters were obtained by analyzing the relative flow area and relative flow time, adapting from mortar flow tests. Besides one sample composed only of sand as fine aggregate, the self-compacting mortars presented replacement rates of sand by sugarcane bagasse ash, in mass of 5, 10, 20, 25, 30 and 40%. The results demonstrated that it was possible to reduce up to 489 and 56 kg of sand and cement, respectively, to produce 1 m3 of self-compacting mortar with sugarcane bagasse ash considering the expressive replacement rate of 40% of sand by SCBA.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and the civil construction materials laboratory of DEC-UEM. The SCBA and additives were suported by Usaçúcar Group and BASF S/A in Brazil, respectively.

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  1. Federal University of Paraná, Rua João Maximiano, 426, Vila Operária, Jandaia do Sul, Paraná, CEP 86.900-000, Brazil

    Rafael Germano Dal Molin Filho, Daniel Angelo Longhi & Rodrigo Clemente Thom de Souza

  2. Modeling and Molecular Simulations Group, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Bauru, São Paulo, 17.033-360, Brazil

    Mateus Meneghetti Ferrer

  3. State University of Maringá, Avenida Colombo, 5.790, D – 90, Maringá, Paraná, CEP 87.020-900, Brazil

    Romel Dias Vanderlei, Paulo Roberto Paraíso & Luiz Mário de Matos Jorge

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Molin Filho, R.G.D., Longhi, D.A., de Souza, R.C.T. et al. Self-compacting mortar with sugarcane bagasse ash: development of a sustainable alternative for Brazilian civil construction. Environ Dev Sustain 21, 2125–2143 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0127-x

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