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    Diseño y fabricación de ladrillo reutilizando materiales a base de PET
    (2014-12) Martínez Amaríz, Alejandro David; Cote Jiménez, Mónica Liliana
    Industrial processes are usually the major contaminants of the planet either by gas emissions produced during their processes or by the waste they generate. One of the most pollut-ing industries is brick production since it uses a lot of coal and supplies such as tires to generate energy. In this paper, the design and construction of a cement and PET-flake (Polietiline terephtha-late) brick is expounded. For this purpose, vari-ous compositions were studied through different resistance and compression tests using a PCE-MTS500 tensile testing machine. The results show a resistant product comparable to the commercial one -according to the Colombian Technical Stand-ard NTC 673, regarding compression resistance tests for normal concrete cylinders-; this standard sample presented an optimal compressive stress of 5600 kgf, whereas commercial bricks have a max-imum stress of only 4480 kgf. Comparative costs were also analyzed to those of the current market, offering an excellent cost benefit option as well.