An investigation on the suitability of hydrated building lime from travertine limestone outcrop of Bogongo, South West of Cameroon

Billong, Ndigui; Boubakar, Likiby; Bayiha, B.N.; Njimbouombouo Mouliom, Soualiou; Melo, Uphie C.; Oti, Jonathan; Kinuthia, John

doi:10.1016/j.cscm.2020.e00369

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An investigation on the suitability of hydrated building lime from travertine limestone outcrop of Bogongo, South West of Cameroon

Billong, Ndigui; Boubakar, Likiby; Bayiha, B.N. et al.

2020 • In Case Studies in Construction Materials, 13, p. 00369

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Bogongo; Building lime; Cameroon; Hydrated lime; Physico-chemical properties; Travertine; Commercial exploitation; Lime production; Mineralogical analysis; Physico-chemicals; Materials Science (miscellaneous)

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[en] In the present study, physico-chemical investigations were carried out on hydrated lime produced from the limestone of the travertine outcrop of Bogongo in the South West Region of Cameroon. The aim was to evaluate the suitability of that hydrated lime as building lime. The raw material was characterized and then fired at 900 °C. The fired product was hydrated, dried and also characterized. Chemical and mineralogical analyses, density, BET specific surface measurements and thermal analyses were performed. Results were compared to those for an EN 459-1 CL 90-S industrial commercial hydrated lime. It has been shown that, hydrated lime production using the raw material from the Bogongo travertine could yield products with almost similar physico-chemical properties compared to imported CL 90 S hydrated lime, thus could have positive consequence in the commercial exploitation of the Bogongo travertine limestone outcrop.

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MIPROMALO

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Earth sciences & physical geography

Author, co-author :

Billong, Ndigui; Laboratory of Materials Analyses, Local Materials Promotion Authority (MIPROMALO), Yaounde, Cameroon

Boubakar, Likiby; Laboratory of Materials Analyses, Local Materials Promotion Authority (MIPROMALO), Yaounde, Cameroon

Bayiha, B.N.; Department of Civil Engineering, Advanced Technical Teachers Training College, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

Njimbouombouo Mouliom, Soualiou ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Argiles, géochimie et environnements sédimentaires

Melo, Uphie C.; Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon

Oti, Jonathan; Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, United Kingdom

Kinuthia, John; Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, United Kingdom

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English

Title :

An investigation on the suitability of hydrated building lime from travertine limestone outcrop of Bogongo, South West of Cameroon

Publication date :

December 2020

Journal title :

Case Studies in Construction Materials

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2214-5095

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Elsevier Ltd

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e00369

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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11. Sustainable cities and communities

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