Estudos sobre o comportamento do bloco cerâmico, adicionando pó de brita granítica na sua formulação

Abstract

The structural masonry is a very old construction method, where the walls of the buildings have structural functionality beyond seal, and it was the first method used by man to build permanent shelters. This executive mode enables greater savings in the buildings costs, but requires more control in the manufacture and application of the blocks. Another important parameter concerns the gravel dust, waste crushers, because they have no utility in any production chain and so are landfilled or deposited in nature, degrading the quality of the environment. Based on this, the reuse of this waste, together with ceramics industry, enables mutual benefits because it reduces the stock of waste crushers, eliminates the environmental impact, reduces the manufacturing costs of the blocks and increases the strength of masonry. Within this context, this work aims to study the behavior of the "hybrid ceramic block" by checking the effects of the incorporation of gravel dust in the clay mass of the ceramic block in the light of the requirements of the NBR-15270. The raw materials were collected in Caicó/RN, in the case of the gravel dust, and Assu/RN, in the case of clay, and were formulated incorporating the percentage of 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% residue. The samples were sintered at 990ºC temperature, the heating rate of 5°C/min with an isothermal hour and subjected to technological testing as linear shrinkage, water absorption, porosity and compressive strength. The best result obtained in the study was 10% corporate residue which increased the compressive strength of the blocks on average 26,41% and up to 58%.