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Sun-dried/ low temperature clay bricks

Academic Year: 
2016
Supervisors: 
حمد الله بعيرات
Students: 
Ahmed Ihbaishe
Do’a Kanaan
Hana’ Hamarshah
Tala’at Hmaidat
Department: 
Chemical Engineering

Limestone has been used as a construction material in Palestine for a long time, but the disadvantages in extracting it in addition to other cons have opened the door for alternative materials such as clay to be used. Thus, the main objective of our project is to invent a clay-brick that can be used for building purposes, making it environmentally-friendly and economic (sun-dried for instance).

To implement this objective, literature is reviewed, different activation methods of clay including thermal, chemical and mechanical are studied, and a series of lab tests are conducted in order to make the best clay-brick possible.

 

33 samples were tested using compressive strength tester. Pure clay has strength of 2.056 Mpa, which is incredibly higher than cement that has a value of 0.011 Mpa. Using sand as an additive increased the strength to reach 3.093, other additives and different mechanisms were used to enhance the clay’s strength

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