Resíduo Industrial de vidro moído em argamassa de cimento Portland.

Abstract

The experimental program of the present project was developed in order to evaluate the residue performance of ground plain glasses in cement based paste and mortar. Different conditions of grounding were used to generate a material with particles of the same order of magnitude of the cement particles. The ground glass residue (GGR) displayed physicalchemistry characteristics compatible to the ones of pozzolan, with relevance to the pozzolanic activity index (PAI). PAI equal to 104% was obtained, which is higher than that 75% -minimum value required by the Brazilian standard. The GGR was used in paste and mortar as a partial replacement of cement of 0%, 10%, 15% and 20% in mass, considering a waterbinder ratio of 0,4. The GGR behavior was evaluated through the X-Ray diffraction, thermal analysis, compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, porosity, water absorption, and alkaliaggregate reaction. The results did not indicate difference between the mechanical strength of the pastes with GGR and reference mixture after 28 days of curing. In mortars, the results of mechanical strength of the GGR mixtures were adequate from 7 days due to the filler and pozzolanic effects, mainly the 20% GGR mortar. In particular, the GGR provided increasing of compressive strength of 14% and 22% after 28 and 56 days of curing, respectively.