Research Article

New Mortar Mixes with Chemically Depolymerized Waste PET Aggregates

Table 3

Thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity values of the seven mixtures investigated.

Cement pasteSand typeSand (%)DPET (%)Specific weight ρ (kg/m3)Thermal conductivity (W/mK)Thermal diffusivity (m2/s) x 10−8

1Normalized10021002.02 ± 0.051.10 ± 0.08
2Normalized703019501.45 ± 0.100.892 ± 0.05
3Unnormalized10019600.99 ± 0.060.608 ± 0.1
4Unnormalized802018120.627 ± 0.020.426 ± 0.03
5Unnormalized604016360.57 ± 0.020.38 ± 0.05
6Unnormalized406014940.42 ± 0.090.518 ± 0.06
7Unnormalized208014510.35 ± 0.010.35 ± 0.02