Prospects for using sulfur concrete products with domestic resource base in road construction
https://doi.org/10.21285/2227-2917-2025-2-251-256
EDN: LAVSBE
Abstract
Given the growing prices of cement as the main component of cement concrete mixtures, alternative construction materials suitable for use in the construction industry and road construction, in particular, become relevant. The main factors determining the durability of products in road construction include their ability to resist the effects of aggressive salt solutions and frost. Sulfur concrete demonstrates these properties; however, its extensive studies in the Russian Federation are yet lacking. Sulfur accumulates as a by-product of gas and oil plants, being used in the production of fertilizers for the agricultural sector and sulfuric acid for industry. A part of the produced sulfur may be used in other industries. Sulfur as a binding component of building material mixtures exhibits a number of unique properties suitable for use in construction. Thus, the melting temperature easily achievable in road-building production and low dynamic viscosity of molten sulfur allow products to be obtained from sulfur concrete mixtures in asphaltconcrete plants and in asphalt kochers for production of cast asphalt-concrete mixtures. Domestic stone materials can be used as sulfur concrete aggregates, which provides the necessary cost-effectiveness compared to the use of products from cement concrete and natural stone.
About the Author
V. N. Malyshev
Federal Highway Administration “South Baikal” of the Federal Road Agency
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Vladimir N. Malyshev, Advisor to the Head
18 Sovetskaya St., Ulan-Ude 670000
Competing Interests:
The author declares no conflict of interests.
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Malyshev V.N. Prospects for using sulfur concrete products with domestic resource base in road construction. Izvestiya vuzov. Investitsii. Stroitelstvo. Nedvizhimost. 2025;15(2):251-256. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21285/2227-2917-2025-2-251-256. EDN: LAVSBE
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