On the issue of resource saving in the construction industry and construction
Abstract
On the issue of resource saving in the construction industry and construction
Incoming article date: 20.10.2023Factors affecting the limited mineral resources of the planet and requiring the expansion of the raw material base of the construction industry are considered. The negative impact of overburden dumps on the ecological state of the habitat was noted. The importance of their processing into a useful product was emphasized in connection with the need to implement the industry program of the Russian Federation ""Involvement of overburden and containing rocks classified as production waste in economic circulation for 2022-2030."" The properties of sand and opoka as raw materials for making foam concrete were analyzed. The result of the analysis made it possible to formulate a list of restrictions, as a result of which it is undesirable to use opoku in concrete of a cast-in-place structure and a list of reasons, based on which it is possible to predict the feasibility of its use in foam concrete. The results of experimental studies are presented, reflecting the influence of the individual properties of sand and opoka on the density of foam concrete mixtures, the density of solidified foam concrete and the kinetics of their plastic strength during three hours of hardening from which it follows that replacing sand with opoka allows significantly improving the technological properties of foam concrete mixtures without compromising the achievement of their design density. It follows from the analysis of experimental data that the structural features of the foam concrete mixtures have a positive effect on the technological properties of foam concrete mixtures, which accelerate the gain of plastic strength of foam concrete mixtures after their placement into molds. The most important reason for the achieved result should be considered mesopores located in the volume of dispersed particles of aggregate from opoka. The established scientific facts make it possible to predict the expanded use of overburden rock - opoki in order to save resources in the construction industry and construction.
Keywords: resource saving, sand, opoka, foam concrete mixture, plastic strength