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The influence of the type and grain size of glass waste on the physical and mechanical properties of cement mortars Cover

The influence of the type and grain size of glass waste on the physical and mechanical properties of cement mortars

By: Jakub Jura and  Roza Shainova  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Waste glass used for testing before sieving (own research)
Waste glass used for testing before sieving (own research)

Fig. 2.

Consistency of the tested cement mortars (own research)
Consistency of the tested cement mortars (own research)

Fig. 3.

Average flexural strength of the tested cement mortars after 7 days (own research)
Average flexural strength of the tested cement mortars after 7 days (own research)

Fig. 4.

Average flexural strength of the tested cement mortars after 28 days (own research)
Average flexural strength of the tested cement mortars after 28 days (own research)

Fig. 5.

Average compressive strength of the tested cement mortars after 7 days (own research)
Average compressive strength of the tested cement mortars after 7 days (own research)

Fig. 6.

Average compressive strength of the tested cement mortars after 28 days (own research)
Average compressive strength of the tested cement mortars after 28 days (own research)

Fig. 7.

Average water absorption of samples (own research)
Average water absorption of samples (own research)

Fig. 8.

Percent decrease of average value of compressive strength (own research)
Percent decrease of average value of compressive strength (own research)

Composition of cement mortar mixtures with transparent glass (own research)

Component [g]CSTGS10TGS20TGS30TGA10TGA20TGA30
Cement450450450450450450450
Water225225225225225225225
Standard sand13501302.81255.71208.61302.81255.71208.6
TGS4590135
TGA4590135

Sieve analysis of glasses (own research)

Fraction [mm]Transparent glassBlue glass
Contents [%]
16.0–8.014.7817.06
8.0–4.043.7135.65
4.0–2.023.1726.73
2.0–1.011.4810.04
1.0–0.54.485.78
0.5–0.251.462.51
0.25–0.1250.661.34
0.125–0.0630.220.66
<0.0630.040.23

Composition of cement mortar mixtures with blue glass (own research)

Component [g]BGS10BGS20BGS30BGA10BGA20BGA30
Cement450450450450450450
Water225225225225225225
Standard sand1302.81255.71208.61302.81255.71208.6
BGS4590135
BGA4590135

Percentage of fractions in prepared glass samples (own research)

Fraction [mm]Type of glass
TGSTGABGSBGA
Contents [%]
2.0–1.062.7149.36
1.0–0.524.5028.44
0.5–0.257.9612.37
0.25–0.1253.626.59
0.125–0.0631.213.24
<0.063100.00100.00
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17512/bozpe.2025.14.13 | Journal eISSN: 2544-963X | Journal ISSN: 2299-8535
Language: English
Page range: 124 - 135
Published on: Dec 12, 2025
Published by: Technical University in Czestochowa
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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