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Coating mortars based on mining and industrial residues

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The present work assesses the feasibility of using mining and industrial residues as aggregates of coating mortars in terms of building thermal performance. For this purpose, we investigated four types of aggregates (river sand—REF, iron ore tailings—IOT, friable quartzite—QTZ, and steelmaking slag—SLG). Initially, the specific gravity (density) and thermal conductivity of the residue-based mortars were experimentally obtained. Subsequently, a sensitivity analysis was performed through energy simulations of two existing dwellings. Mortars with SLG and IOT presented the best performance due to their low thermal conductivity and, more importantly, their high density. Mortars with SLG presented 64% of thermal performance classifications as “superior” and “intermediate”, versus an average of 53% for the other aggregates. They were followed by those with IOT, REF and lastly those with QTZ. Therefore, these mortars are cost-effective and sustainable solutions to passively improve the thermal performance of buildings, as well as to mitigate the impacts of the disposal of these residues.

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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001. We gratefully acknowledge the agencies FAPEMIG (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brazil) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil) for providing financial support. We are also grateful for the infrastructure and collaboration of the Research Group on Solid Wastes (RECICLOS—CNPq) and the Comfort Research Centre of UFOP (NUPECON).

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  1. Laboratório de Materiais de Construção Civil, Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, MG, 35400-000, Brazil

    Júlia Castro Mendes, Rodrigo Rony Barreto & Ricardo André Fiorotti Peixoto

  2. Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil

    Vanessa de Freitas Vilaça & Amanda Vitor Lopes

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil

    Henor Artur de Souza

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Castro Mendes, J., Barreto, R.R., de Freitas Vilaça, V. et al. Coating mortars based on mining and industrial residues. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 22, 1569–1586 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-020-01051-0

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