Comprehensive Characterization of Spent Chemical Foundry Sand for Use in Concrete

Paola Paul, Essia Belhaj, Cécile Diliberto, Komla Lolonyo Apedo and Françoise Feugeas
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Paola Paul: ICube Laboratory, UMR CNRS 7357, INSA de Strasbourg, 24 Boulevard de la Victoire, F-67084 Strasbourg, France
Essia Belhaj: ICube Laboratory, UMR CNRS 7357, INSA de Strasbourg, 24 Boulevard de la Victoire, F-67084 Strasbourg, France
Cécile Diliberto: Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, IJL, F-54000 Nancy, France
Komla Lolonyo Apedo: ICube Laboratory, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, 2 Rue Boussingault, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
Françoise Feugeas: ICube Laboratory, UMR CNRS 7357, INSA de Strasbourg, 24 Boulevard de la Victoire, F-67084 Strasbourg, France

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-19

Abstract: The foundry industry generates large amounts of spent foundry sands, which are stored, available for recovery in other industrial sectors but unfortunately poorly exploited. Different authors have studied the possibility of recovering them in concretes, which would also allow production of more sustainable cementitious materials. The variability of their results highlights the importance of a better understanding of the potential influential parameters of the by-products. Unfortunately, exhaustive characterizations of the materials are rarely performed, especially for chemically bound foundry sands. This article presents a case study for the recovery of a spent chemical foundry sand with an exhaustive physicochemical characterization of the by-product and an analysis of its influence on the workability and mechanical strengths of cementitious materials. The tests recommended by the European standard for aggregates for concrete confirmed the suitability of the by-product. Associated with additional chemical tests (scanning electron microscopy, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, etc.) as well as metallic particles characterization, they highlighted possible influential parameters. The workability and mechanical resistance tests carried out on mortars and concretes confirmed the influence of the fineness of the by-product associated with other parameters. Its use at a substitution rate of 30% results in a strength class C 30/37 concrete.

Keywords: spent chemical foundry sand; recovery; sustainable concrete; industrial waste management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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