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This research was funded by the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, grant number PAID-06-24.

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Lliso-Ferrando, Josep RamonCorresponding AuthorValcuende, ManuelAuthor

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Durability of Mortars with Partial Cement Replacement by Recycled Brick Powder

Publicated to:Applied Sciences-Basel. 15 (8): 4133- - 2025-04-09 15(8), DOI: 10.3390/app15084133

Authors: Lliso-Ferrando, Josep Ramon; Arenos-Barrachina, Alba; Monzon-Bello, Pablo; Valcuende, Manuel

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Univ Politecn Valencia, Res Inst Mol Recognit & Technol Dev IDM, Camino Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Sch Architecture, Camino Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Sch Architecture, Dept Architectural Construct, Camino Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author

Abstract

Over the past decade, global cement production has exceeded 4 billion tonnes annually. This process has a considerable environmental impact and is estimated to account for approximately 5% to 7% of the total annual CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere. To mitigate the environmental consequences of cement production, extensive research has been conducted on alternative materials that can partially replace cement in concrete manufacturing, thereby reducing its carbon footprint. This study explores the utilisation of recycled brick powder as a supplementary cementitious material in mortar production, with replacement levels ranging from 5% to 45%. In addition to evaluating their mechanical properties, such as flexural and compressive strength, this research investigates the durability of the newly developed mortars. The results indicate a reduction in porosity of up to 50% and an enhancement in chloride penetration resistance by up to fourfold when the substitution rate is between 35% and 40% compared with mortar without replacement. Although no improvements were observed in carbonation resistance, the new mixtures exhibited an increase in resistivity of up to ninefold.

Keywords

Blast-furnace slagClay-brickCo2 emissionsConcrete aggregateDurabilityMechanical-propertiesMortarPerformanceRecycled brick powderRice husk ashSilica-fumeStrengthSustainabilit

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Applied Sciences-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 258/439, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-13:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (LLISO FERRANDO, JOSEP RAMON) and Last Author (Valcuende Payá, Manuel Octavio).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been LLISO FERRANDO, JOSEP RAMON.