Producción de ladrillos ecológicos alivianados a través del proceso de geopolimerización

Abstract

Abstract:The present work studies the viability of elaborating an ecological brick of high physical, chemical and mechanical quality, from materials of mining waste and diatoms. In order to meet the objectives set out, a physical, chemical and mineralogical characterization of the raw material was carried out, subsequently the brick pulp was elaborated, which basically depends on 3 variables: molar concentration, solution content and cooking temperature, these variables were combined To form cylindrical test discs whose mechanical strength was performed by the Brazilian Test diametral compression method, this technique allows an analysis of fracture resistance of the disk matrix to traction, being effective and simple when calculating. The results show that the tailings bricks from the gold and diatomaceous mine at a molar concentration of 7.5, a solution content of 24% and a temperature of 120 ° C, have characteristics of compressive strength suitable according to the INEN 297 standard.