New Plaster Composite with Mineral Wool Fibres from CDW Recycling

Table 1

Summary of results obtained in previous studies using fibres in plaster/gypsum matrix [7–12].

Author	Kind of fibre	Length of fibre	Fibre addition	Increase in flexural strength	Decrease in compression strength
Santos	Acrylic	24 mm	3%	88%	23%
Santos	Polyester	38 mm	2%	227%	50%
Santos	Polypropylene	20 mm	2%	59%	46%
Deng and Furuno	Polypropylene	3 mm	9%	65%	—
Deng and Furuno	Polypropylene	12 mm	12%	60%	—
de Oteiza San José	Sisal	40 mm	2%	20%	—
del Río Merino and Comino Almenara	Glass E	25 mm	2%	50%	50%
Ali and Grimer	Glass E	50 mm	10%	250%	60%