Innovative materials: olive-kernel mortars

Experimental images and microstructural evidence for sand-free olive-kernel aggregate mortars.

Images from the olive-kernel mortar paper draft.

Olive-kernel aggregate used in the mortar formulations.

Flexural test setup.

Compressive test setup.

DVS apparatus and sample detail.

SEM image of olive-kernel aggregate mortar.

XRD diffractogram of fresh and recovered OKA particles.