A Systematic Review on the Performance Characteristics of Sustainable, Unfired Admixed Soil Blocks for Agricultural and Industrial Waste Management

Table 14

Flexural strength of unfired admixed soil blocks as reported in the reviewed articles.

Reference(s)	Binders/fibers	Binder/fiber content (% range)	Initial/unstabilized strength (MPa)	Max. strength after stabilization (MPa)	Percentage increase (+)/percentage decrease (−)
[13]	Cement	0–10	0.11	1.96	1681.82
	Lime	0–10	0.11	1.12	918.18
	Lime + sugarcane bagasse ash	10 + 10	0.11	1.4	1172.73
[28]	9% cement + mineral wool waste	0–4.0	0.035	0.37	957.14
	9% cement + sisal fiber	0.1–0.4	0.035	0.64	1728.57
[37]	Cement	5	0.106	0.768	624.53
	Green mussel shell powder	0–10
	Pig hair fibers	0–1.0
[10]	Sand	30	0.022	0.056	154.55
	Rice husk ash	5.0–15.0
	Lime	5.0–15.0
[35]	Alkali-resistant glass	0.25–1.0	0.498	0.551	10.64
	Polypropylene	0.25–1.0	0.498	0.611	22.69
	Banana	0.25–1.0	0.498	0.626	25.70
	Jute	0.25–1.0	0.498	0.678	36.14
[25]	8% cement + macro synthetic polypropylene fibers “master fiber MAC matrix”	0–1.0	0.47	0.84	78.72