The Impact of Industrial Sulfur on Fluor Anhydrite-Based Composites

Industrial sulfur and fluor anhydrite are types of by-products that have been formed due to anthropogenic activities of humankind and there are significant problems with their storage and utilization as it is with all by-products. Considering the properties of those by-products (industrial sulfur and fluor anhydrite) it might be suggested that it is possible to use them to form composite building materials and these materials are likely to have optimal characteristics including strength and electrical properties. There has been investigated the using of these by-products as constituents for building materials formation and it has been confirmed that the combining of several by-products allows to increase the characteristics of materials and to widen the functional areas of such materials. In order to increase physical technical and electrical properties the amount of dispersed industrial sulfur is to be varied. To analyze changes in physical technical and physical chemical properties of the materials wide range of common testing technique have been applied combining with up-to-date techniques including scanning electron microscopy, X-ray analysis and IR-analysis energy dispersive spectroscopy. It was found out that when 10% of industrial sulfur is in the composite then in 28 days of hardening compressive strength is 35.5 MPa, coefficient of softening is 0.69, volume resistivity is 35.5 kOm·cm. All that changes are due to interaction between industrial sulfur while it is transforming its polymorphic state (transformation α form to β form) while heat treatment and constituents of fluor anhydrite. Results show that it is possible to form a building material that consists of by-products only and its properties equals to common materials in terms of technical and economical aspects.

A.N. GUMENYUK, Engineer (Аssistant) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
I.S. POLYANSKIKH, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
A.F. GORDINA, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
K.D. PESTEREVA, student (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University (7, Studencheskaya Street, Izhevsk, 426069, Russian Federation)

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