The Effect of the Rate of Waste Tire Powder Substitution on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of CEM II Cement

Abstract

Recycling of waste has a great importance in preservation of the energy and decreasing the global impact that has been created by production of new materials. There is an increasing debate about the use of waste tires because of their environmental and health affects. Waste tires can be used for a range of civil engineering applications. This study investigates the physical and mechanical properties of CEM II (reference) and waste tire powder substituted cements. For this purpose, waste tire powder was substituted as a replacement for CEM II cement in amounts of 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 weight %. The effects of waste tire powder on compressive and flexural strength, setting time, water demand and volume expansion were determined by standard tests of cement. As a result, a relative increase according to reference cement pastes was determined in the setting time of the waste tire powder substituted cement pastes. Besides these, a decrease were identified with the 2, 7, 28 and 56 days flexural and compressive strength tests for the waste tire powder substituted cement mortars according to reference cement mortars.