Two families of mortars were manufactured according to the
cement type (CEM-I and CEM-II). In each family, three sets of mortars
were made according to the cement content (515 g/L, 485 g/L
and 450 g/L) (Fig. 3). Furthermore, two materials were replaced
with BBA in mortars production (NS and CEM) in each series. For
each one three volumetric replacement ratios were used (0%, 10%
and 20%) (Table 4). The mix proportions shown in Table 5 were
used, al1 with an effective water/cement ratio (w/c) equal to 0.5.
Mortars with replacement of cement with BBA (10% and 20% in
cement volume) were also produced.
To determine the mortars’ properties, fifteen 40 40 160 mm
prismatic specimens were manufactured for each mix.