RESUMO Uma das consequências do processo de expansão industrial é a geração de grande quantidade de resíduos. Entre todos os resíduos gerados destacam-se as embalagens de vidro, que são um dos materiais com maior tempo de decomposição presentes em aterros sanitários e outros depósitos. Dentre os diferentes tipos de embalagens de vidro que são utilizadas têm-se as garrafas long neck, que são hoje um grande problema devido ao seu descarte após a utilização. Nesse contexto, visando minimizar este problema ambiental, destaca-se o setor da construção civil, que é um excelente meio para incorporar resíduos. O objetivo deste trabalho é estudar a viabilidade de utilização de garrafas long neck moídas em substituição parcial a areia na produção de argamassa. Para tanto, foram realizados ensaios de consistência no estado fresco e de resistência à tração na flexão, resistência à compressão e absorção de água por capilaridade no estado endurecido. Os percentuais de substituição de agregado miúdo por resíduo de vidro moído foram de 10, 15, 25 e 50 % nos tempos de 7, 28, 63 e 91 dias. Como resultados, nos ensaios de resistência mecânica, obtiveram-se resistências estatisticamente iguais ou superiores ao traço referência, sendo as maiores resistências obtidas com o teor de 50 % de resíduo de vidro moído. Já no ensaio de absorção de água por capilaridade, todos os traços de argamassa apresentaram elevado coeficiente de capilaridade, sendo considerados inadequados para utilização em argamassas de revestimento.

This paper evaluated the incorporation of nanosilica (NS) in rendering mortars produced with recycled fine aggregate (RFA). Initially, a study was carried out on cementitious pastes, replacing Portland cement with NS at levels of 0%, 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.8%, and 1.0%. The samples were submitted to scattering, rheology, calorimetry, x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and compressive strength analysis at 28 days. The results demonstrated that the pastes with 0.4% NS and 0.6% NS presented an increase in strength of 55% and 58%, respectively, due to a greater formation of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H), when compared with the reference paste. From that, the RFA samples were produced, replacing Portland cement with 0% NS, 0.4% NS, and 0.6% NS. At 28 days, mechanical performance, microstructure, and durability were evaluated by means of flexural strength and compression, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), dynamic elasticity module, and water absorption by capillarity. From the results, it was concluded that the RFA samples with 0.4% NS resulted in the optimal nanosilica content, increasing compressive strength values and reducing the sorptivity, in relation to the other mixtures. The SEM images suggest that NS reacted with portlandite formed of the cement hydration, improving the microstructural development of the samples.

This work corresponds to a study on using a cellulose-based water-retaining agent, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), in phosphogypsum (PG)-stabilized mortars. The results in cementitious pastes showed that when PG replaced cement, there was a reduction in the fluidity of the mixture (by 64.32%) and a drastic increase in the flow stress (from 1.8 to 614.0 Pa) due to its greater need for water, proving to be porous. However, when PG was combined with the hydration stabilizing admixture (HSA) and HPMC, greater fluidity, lower yield stress, and lower viscosity were obtained. In addition, PG contributed to the delay in setting times. In the stabilized mortars, the use of HPMC ceased the phenomenon of water exudation, and the additions of 0.15 and 0.20% provided the highest compressive strengths to the 48 h mortars (±5.28 and 5.28 MPa, respectively). On the other hand, the increase in HSA content to 1.2% at 72 h stabilization caused losses in mechanical performance and modulus of elasticity. Still, when comparing the compressive strength of the 48 h mortar with PG vs mortar with cement, there is a 71.13% increase in strength.