Fabricación de ladrillos con polvo-residuo de mármol en México : Propiedades físicas y mecánicas del polvo residuo de mármol de la provincia de la comarca Lagunera en México.

The marble industry generates large amount of dust waste. These wastes do not have a proper management plan, as well as being highly contaminating the population surrounding the site of the deposits of these materials. To offer a solution, this article shows the results of the development of a brick-based marble powder to achieve sufficient compressive strength to construction masonry walls in low-rise housing. The experimental program includes 16 different dosages that varies the amount of cement, lime, and sand, and keeping constant the marble powder. The program includes the compressive tests for 160 bricks, compressive tests for 3 small walls, validated adherence under compression tests for 3 small walls, and absorption tests for 48 bricks. The results of the test showed that the compression strength of the individual bricks and wall is 4.0 MPa y 1.9 MPa, respectively, and the absorption of the bricks es 21 %. This results of absorption, compression and adhesion are a first indication of the feasibility of used these bricks for the construction of load-bearing walls in housing developed in areas of low seismic demands.