Sustainable Construction Materials

<p>Rapid industrial growth has witnessed the ever-increasing utilization of sand from rivers for various construction purposes which has caused disruption to natural ecosystems. <b><i>Sustainable Construction Materials: Recycled Spent Garnet</i></b> presents an investigation into the capacity for these minerals to serve as a sand replacement and as a viable sustainable construction material to help mitigate the current rate of exploitation of river sand. </p><p>Features:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Presents the effects of spent garnet on the fresh and hardened characteristics of self-compacting geopolymer concrete in terms of workability and mechanical strength. </li> <p> </p> <li>Examines spent garnet with regard to concrete durability in response to carbonation as well as sulphate and acid attack. </li> <p> </p> <li>Includes a comprehensive review of the existing literature in the field including past developments in self-compacting geopolymer concrete as well as the ongoing activities in the field of spent garnet-based concrete production. </li> </ul>