Research Article
Performance of Ground Clay Brick Mortars in Simulated Chloride and Sulphate Media
Table 1
Average chemical composition of the sampled broken bricks, OPC, and PPC.
| Oxides | Percentage composition (%) | Broken bricks | OPC | PPC |
| SiO2 | 64.55 | 29.53 | 28.99 | Al2O3 | 13.66 | 5.99 | 6.54 | CaO | 2.12 | 62.67 | 44.76 | Fe2O3 | 4.68 | 3.43 | 3.35 | MgO | 0.39 | 1.45 | 2.22 | Na2O | 2.13 | 0.27 | 0.73 | K2O | 0.87 | 0.60 | 0.66 |
| SiO2 + Al2O3 + Fe2O3 | 82.89 | — | — |
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