New Approaches in Civil Engineering

New Approaches in Civil Engineering

Investigation of Physical and Chemical Properties of Lightweight Cement-based Building Blocks Prepared from Sodium alpha-olefin Powder and Rock Cutting Sludge

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
seyedrahim Baharavar 1
Vahid khalilzadeh 2
1 Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. Shams University. Gonbad Kavous, Iran
2 Civil Engineering Department, Shams Gonbad Higher Education Institute, Gonbadkavos
10.30469/jnace.2025.519516.1126
Abstract
One of the problems of structures during earthquakes is the dead load and the total weight of the building, which, considering contemporary technology, engineers are trying to reduce the weight of buildings as much as possible for the economic optimization of buildings. One of the things that is widely involved in loading structures is the weight of the walls of the structure. To reduce the weight of the structure, the weight of the blocks in it can be reduced. Various methods have been implemented to reduce the weight of the blocks, including Heplexi blocks and gas blocks. In this research, we aim to test the physical and chemical properties of cement-based blocks prepared with sodium alpha-olefin. In this regard, we will also use waste from stone cutting factories, which have always been a problem for nature, as filler. In this research, we use cement, perlite, stone cutting sludge, and also sodium alpha-olefin powder to create foam in it. Cement 200, perlite 80, rock cutting mud 100, and alpha olefin powder in an amount of one kilogram along with 100 liters of water in the control sample, and in other samples, this sodium alpha olefin will increase to 5 kilograms.
Keywords
Alpha olefin powder
rock cutting sludge
gas blocks
perlite

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New Approaches in Civil Engineering
Volume 8, Issue 4
Winter 2025
Pages 49-63