Análise do efeito do teor de microfinos nas propriedades das argamassas de revestimento com utilização de areia de britagem basáltica

Abstract

Brazil is going through a great time in construction, having an increase in demand of raw materials and a huge impact in the whole environment. In production of mortar coatings, it is commonly used natural sand from alluvial deposits. This type of raw material has a high cost, and affects directly the environment because it is a non-renewable. A possible alternative to fine aggregate are crushed aggregates, which is already used as aggregate for concrete. This research evaluates the behavior of mortars produced with basalt crushed fine aggregates. The objective is to compare the behavior of a cement, lime and sand mortar using crushed aggregates made from basaltic rock, with the same mortar proportion using natural sand. In all mortars microfine coming from the crushing of basaltic rock (using a VSI crusher) were added in five different percentages, 5 with natural sand and 5with crushed fine aggregates of basaltic rock. It was used CP II Z- 32 cement and CH-I lime, producing 1:1:6 cement, lime and sand mortars. It was analyzed the shrinkage and cracking of mortars. Results show that it is possible to replace natural sand by crushing basalt aggregates in a mortar coating using 10% of microfine. It is highly recommended to make complementary studies to improve the size distribution and shape of the crushed sand to provide a better surface finish to the coating and seeking allow their use without need to increase the powdery material to achieve the percentage of 10% of microfine.