Experimental data on compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity properties of sustainable mortar made with high content of GGBFS and CKD combinations

Abstract

The development in the construction sector and population growth requires an increase in the consumption of construction materials, mainly concrete. Cement is the binder in concrete, so increasing cement production will increase the energy consumed, as well as in the emission of carbon dioxide. This harmful effect of the environment led to the search for alternative materials for cement, as the waste or by-products of other industries is a promising solution in this case. Among these common materials are ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and cement kiln dust (CKD). This dataset describes the compressive strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity of mortar consisted of high content of GGBS and CKD combinations as a partial substitute for cement (up to 80%) at the ages of 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 56, 90 and 550 days. This dataset can help the researchers to understand the behaviour of GGBS and CKD in high replacement levels for cement during early (1 day) and later ages (550 days). According to this understanding, the authors believe that the data available here can be used to produce more environmentally friendly mortar or concrete mixtures by significantly reducing the amount of cement used by replacing it with waste or by-products of other industries.

Development of green cement mortar using industrial by-products

“…Cement mortar samples were prepared by mixing different cement, GGBS, and PFA ratios with the sand, as shown in Table 1, these values were selected to be in agreement with the literature [6,32]. The materials were mixed for 5 min before pouring water; then the past was mixed for an extra 5 min.…”

“…Before describing the basic tests of concrete quality (mechanical properties) [3,4], it is important to highlight the impacts of the cement industry on the environment. Cement industry has an unignorable role in the deterioration of the environment; for example, the cement industry is the main source of CO2 [5,6] and other emissions [7], which is, in turn, causes many environmental disasters, such as climate changes, global warming and shortage of fresh water [8,9]. Also, the effluents of the concrete plants are high in pH (more than 11), and they are responsible for water pollution with suspended solids and other pollutants responsible for the deterioration of water quality in rivers and lakes.…”

Statistical analysis for water quality index for Shatt-Al-Hilla river in Babel city

“…Also, it recommended monitoring the emissions of local industries due to their direct effects on the quality of surface water. For example, there are cement plants in the city of Babylon, and the emissions of this industry are responsible for many pollutions problems (Kadhim et al 2020;Majdi et al 2020;Mousazadeh et al 2021), such as particulates (Shubbar et al 2020a;Kadhim et al 2021) and carbon dioxide (Shubbar et al 2020b).…”

Sustainability assessment of wastewater treatment techniques in urban areas of Iraq using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)

“…For instance, water bodies are facing severe deterioration due to the discharge of wastewaters, which results in a remarkable increase in heavy metals (Abdulla et al 2020;Abdulraheem et al 2020), coloring agents (Abdulhadi et al 2019;Aqeel et al 2020), nutrients (Alenezi et al 2020;Al-Marri et al 2020;Khalid et al 2020aKhalid et al , 2020b, phenols (Emamjomeh et al 2020a(Emamjomeh et al , 2020b, geosmin (Ryecroft et al 2019), fluoride (Alhendal et al 2020), organic pollutants (Abdulhadi et al 2021;Alyafei et al 2020;Zanki et al 2020), viruses and bacteria (Hashim et al 2020a(Hashim et al , 2020bHashim et al 2021;Khalid et al 2020aKhalid et al , 2020b, turbidity (Alenazi et al 2020;Alnaimi et al 2020) and other pollutants (Emamjomeh et al 2020a(Emamjomeh et al , 2020bHashim et al 2020aHashim et al , 2020bKadhim et al 2020b;Mohammed et al 2020). Air quality is also deteriorating due to the increasing emissions from human activities (Grmasha et al 2020;Kadhim et al 2020a;Shubbar et al 2020aShubbar et al , 2020b, such as cement industries (Majdi et al 2020;Shubbar et al 2020aShubbar et al , 2020b, which resulted in an increase in global temperature (Salah et al 2020a(Salah et al , 2020b(Salah et al , 2020c…”