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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Non-Monotonic Compressive Strength of Cement Mortars with Alternative Fine Aggregates.

Feng Ji, Yuexiang Xing, Jing Fu, Hui Yin, Gang Wang

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Feng JiSchool of Mathematics and Physics, Xinjiang Institute of Engineering, Urumqi 830023, China.
Yuexiang XingSchool of Mathematics and Physics, Xinjiang Institute of Engineering, Urumqi 830023, China.ORCID 0009-0001-9830-762X
Jing FuXinjiang Coal Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Urumqi 830091, China.
Hui YinGraduate School, Xinjiang Institute of Engineering, Urumqi 830023, China.
Gang WangSchool of Energy Engineering, Xinjiang Institute of Engineering, Urumqi 830023, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8210-883X

Funding

Xinjiang Talent Development Fund XJRC2025ZZBZDXO019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative fine aggregates are often assessed using compressive strength at a single reference age, which may conceal an early maximum followed by later strength loss. This preliminary screening study compared mortars containing river sand (RS), standard sand (StS), desert sand (DS), soil sand (SS), coal gangue sand (CGS), and metamorphic rock sand (MRS) under one nominal mixture design. For each aggregate, one mortar batch was prepared and nine 70.7 mm cubes were cast, with three specimens tested at 3, 7, and 28 d. RS, StS, DS, and SS continued to gain strength. Within the single CGS batch, strength decreased from 15.56 ± 0.31 MPa at 7 d to 11.68 ± 0.15 MPa at 28 d; within the single MRS batch, it decreased from 21.63 ± 0.48 MPa to 15.75 ± 0.20 MPa. The corresponding losses were 24.95% and 27.18%, and exploratory within-batch Tukey tests yielded

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alternative fine aggregatecement mortarnon-monotonic strength developmentpreliminary screeningstrength retentionSVI7–28

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PMID42654593
PMCPMC13514599

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