Waste Cellulose from Tetra Pak Packages as Reinforcement of Cement Concrete

The development of the packaging industry has promoted indiscriminately the use of disposable packing as Tetra Pak, which after a very short useful life turns into garbage, helping to spoil the environment. One of the known processes that can be used for achievement of the compatibility between wast...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera, Carlos E. Barrera-Díaz, Erick Cuevas-Yañez, Víctor Varela-Guerrero, Enrique Vigueras-Santiago, Liliana Ávila-Córdoba, Miguel Martínez-López
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Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/682926
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Víctor Varela-Guerrero
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Miguel Martínez-López
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description The development of the packaging industry has promoted indiscriminately the use of disposable packing as Tetra Pak, which after a very short useful life turns into garbage, helping to spoil the environment. One of the known processes that can be used for achievement of the compatibility between waste materials and the environment is the gamma radiation, which had proved to be a good tool for modification of physicochemical properties of materials. The aim of this work is to study the effects of waste cellulose from Tetra Pak packing and gamma radiation on the mechanical properties of cement concrete. Concrete specimens were elaborated with waste cellulose at concentrations of 3, 5, and 7 wt% and irradiated at 200, 250, and 300 kGy of gamma dose. The results show highest improvement on the mechanical properties for concrete with 3 wt% of waste cellulose and irradiated at 300 kGy; such improvements were related with the surface morphology of fracture zones of cement concrete observed by SEM microscopy.
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spelling doaj-art-8d5ef604c3d94c2297894c53a070b9f02025-08-20T03:37:54ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422015-01-01201510.1155/2015/682926682926Waste Cellulose from Tetra Pak Packages as Reinforcement of Cement ConcreteGonzalo Martínez-Barrera0Carlos E. Barrera-Díaz1Erick Cuevas-Yañez2Víctor Varela-Guerrero3Enrique Vigueras-Santiago4Liliana Ávila-Córdoba5Miguel Martínez-López6Laboratorio de Investigación y Desarrollo de Materiales Avanzados (LIDMA), Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, km 12 de la Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco, 50200 San Cayetano, MexicoCentro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UAEM-UNAM), Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco km 14.5, 50200 San Cayetano, MexicoCentro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UAEM-UNAM), Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco km 14.5, 50200 San Cayetano, MexicoCentro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UAEM-UNAM), Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco km 14.5, 50200 San Cayetano, MexicoLaboratorio de Investigación y Desarrollo de Materiales Avanzados (LIDMA), Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, km 12 de la Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco, 50200 San Cayetano, MexicoCentro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UAEM-UNAM), Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco km 14.5, 50200 San Cayetano, MexicoLaboratorio de Investigación y Desarrollo de Materiales Avanzados (LIDMA), Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, km 12 de la Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco, 50200 San Cayetano, MexicoThe development of the packaging industry has promoted indiscriminately the use of disposable packing as Tetra Pak, which after a very short useful life turns into garbage, helping to spoil the environment. One of the known processes that can be used for achievement of the compatibility between waste materials and the environment is the gamma radiation, which had proved to be a good tool for modification of physicochemical properties of materials. The aim of this work is to study the effects of waste cellulose from Tetra Pak packing and gamma radiation on the mechanical properties of cement concrete. Concrete specimens were elaborated with waste cellulose at concentrations of 3, 5, and 7 wt% and irradiated at 200, 250, and 300 kGy of gamma dose. The results show highest improvement on the mechanical properties for concrete with 3 wt% of waste cellulose and irradiated at 300 kGy; such improvements were related with the surface morphology of fracture zones of cement concrete observed by SEM microscopy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/682926
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Víctor Varela-Guerrero
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Miguel Martínez-López
Waste Cellulose from Tetra Pak Packages as Reinforcement of Cement Concrete
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
title Waste Cellulose from Tetra Pak Packages as Reinforcement of Cement Concrete
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title_fullStr Waste Cellulose from Tetra Pak Packages as Reinforcement of Cement Concrete
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title_sort waste cellulose from tetra pak packages as reinforcement of cement concrete
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