Extremely rapid setting time of building gypsum severely limits its further processing and
application. Gypsum retardation is an indispensable technology that provides a long period …

The effect of glass fibres (GF) and polypropylene fibres (PPF) on the fresh properties and
mechanical properties of lightweight concrete (LWC) exposed to high temperatures is …

This paper presents three types of gypsum reinforced with different waste materials, such as
paper, polystyrene, and polyester. Several investigations were performed through a set of …

Industrial solid waste (mine tailings) management has emerged as the key universal
ecological challenge as a result of the unceasing creation of rising waste by-products …

Gypsum plasterboards are nowadays very appreciated in buildings, mainly due to their
lightness, thermal insulation and suitable sound transmission loss when used in double …

The present study explores mechanical, thermal, acoustic, and fire performance evaluation
of locally available rice straw as waste bio-mass in foamed gypsum hollow blocks. Two-core …

Phosphogypsum (PG) is the main solid waste produced in the phosphorous chemical
industry, and its resource utilization has become an international problem. Simultaneously …

Plaster is one of the most used and studied materials in the building process. This paper
shows the result of the characterisation of a new plaster-based material enlightened and …

Leather industry generates lots of hazardous leather waste every year. Among these leather
wastes, chrome leather scraps can be effectively utilized to produce added-value products …

In this paper, a compound foaming process (a combination of physical foaming and
chemical foaming) was used to prepare lightweight flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum …