RESEARCH ARTICLE
Study of Thermal and Physical Mechanic Properties of CEB-reused PET
María Eugenia Molar-Orozco1, Libertad Muñoz-Jiménez1, Josué Francisco Pérez-Sánchez2, Jorge Luna-Domínguez3, *, Edgardo J. Suarez-Dominguez2, #
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2024Volume: 18
E-location ID: e18741495279204
Publisher ID: e18741495279204
DOI: 10.2174/0118741495279204231229121407
Article History:
Received Date: 22/10/2023Revision Received Date: 12/12/2023
Acceptance Date: 20/12/2023
Electronic publication date: 10/01/2024
Collection year: 2024
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction
Currently, housing is a necessity in Mexico, considered a national problem that must be addressed through adequate housing proposals. The earth is a material that has worked since ancient times to produce structural elements, presenting advantages mainly in the areas near the site where housing is required due to availability as well as use strategies. On the other hand, it is known that the continuous increase of waste derived from polymers such as PET requires reuse strategies to reduce the environmental impact.
Materials and Methods
This paper, it is presents the analysis of compressed earth bricks with soil from Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, which has been produced dosed and undipped with PET shrapnel obtained from reused waste, characterizing its mechanical and thermal properties in addition to electron microscopy and scanning analysis tests.
Results
From the results obtained, it is observed that there is a 5% reduction in the mechanical resistance to compression, but without a significant difference in water absorption. Thermal diffusivity is also greatly improved.
Conclusion
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis results show that high compression can compact PET back to its original shape by removing stress, which can produce micro-cracks, which explains the compressive strength changes.
