| Abstract [eng] |
Climate change is a real issue these days, and as engineers, we always have to look for ways to improve the construction industry so that it doesn’t promote the degradation of the environment. Concrete is the most common building product. From its production to use, it has a large negative impact on the environment. It is important to find ways to reduce this impact, and one of the best is through production, namely the composition of concrete. Over the years, engineers have come up with innovative ways to reduce the use of cement in order to alleviate its impact on the environment. Zeolites are a naturally found mineral and can function as a replacement, in small amounts, of cement. In this paper, the aim is to research the possibilities of replacing cement with zeolite but still achieving the required properties of concrete such as compressive strength, resistance to corrosion, water adsorption and more. Two types of the natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) with different particles size have been used (50μm and 200μm) and various test methods have been implemented to determine the effect of these two types of zeolite on cementitious products properties. |
