Performance of Mortars with Commercially-Available Reactive Magnesium Oxide as Alternative Binder
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CERIS, Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Rua Américo da Silva Marinho, 2839-001 Lavradio, Portugal
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Postgraduate Program in Structural Engineering and Construction (PECC), Prédio SG-12 Campus Darcy Ribeiro, University of Brasília, Brasilia-DF CEP 70910-900, Brazil
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Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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CERIS, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1950-062 Lisboa, Portugal
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Materials 2021, 14(4), 938; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14040938
Received: 20 December 2020
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Revised: 6 February 2021
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Accepted: 11 February 2021
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Published: 16 February 2021
This paper intends to analyze the performance of mortars with reactive MgO, as a sustainable alternative to cement. Six different MgOs from Australia, Canada, and Spain were used in the production of mortars as partial substitutes for cement, namely 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and 25% (by weight). MgOs with different levels of reactivity were used to analyze its influence on the performance of MgO mortars. In order to evaluate the mechanical performance of these mortars, compressive strength, flexural strength, dynamic modulus of elasticity, and ultrasonic pulse velocity tests were performed. Compressive strength tests showed that the use of 25% reactive MgO can cause a decrease of this property of between 28% and 49%. The use of reactive MgO affected the other mechanical properties less. This paper also intends to analyze the durability performance of mortars with reactive MgO. To that effect, water absorption by capillarity was assessed. In this research, the effect of using MgO on the shrinkage was also analyzed. It was found that shrinkage may decrease by more than a half in some cases.
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Keywords:
MgO; reactivity; mechanical properties; durability properties; shrinkage; alternative binder
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Bravo, M.; Forero, J.A.; Nobre, J.; de Brito, J.; Evangelista, L. Performance of Mortars with Commercially-Available Reactive Magnesium Oxide as Alternative Binder. Materials 2021, 14, 938. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14040938
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Bravo M, Forero JA, Nobre J, de Brito J, Evangelista L. Performance of Mortars with Commercially-Available Reactive Magnesium Oxide as Alternative Binder. Materials. 2021; 14(4):938. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14040938
Chicago/Turabian StyleBravo, Miguel, Javier A. Forero, José Nobre, Jorge de Brito, and Luís Evangelista. 2021. "Performance of Mortars with Commercially-Available Reactive Magnesium Oxide as Alternative Binder" Materials 14, no. 4: 938. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14040938
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