title: Greening the construction industry: enhancing the performance of cements by adding bioglycerol.
abstract: The addition of glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel manufacturing, to cement eases its grinding and handling while considerably enhancing the strength of the resulting concrete. The benefits of using bioglycerol are significant both for the environment and for the concrete and biodiesel industries. The advantages for industry derive from having a single, readily available material that offers all three major technical improvements required of cement additives, namely enhanced concrete strength, and grinding and handling aids for cement, while the environmental impact is eased by using bioglycerol instead of ethylene glycol and hydroxyamines that are presently used as major components of cement additives.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Metallorganica e Analitica, Università degli Studi di Milano via Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, MI, Italy. michele.rossi@unimi.it
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Della Pina
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagliaro
authors.forename: Rosaria
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ciriminna
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Forni
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D019245:Compressive Strength; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000592:standards; D005990:Glycerol / Q000737:chemistry*; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D008422:Materials Testing; D010316:Particle Size
chemical_list: D005990:Glycerol