{"id":17012,"date":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/vigilancia\/investigan-la-reutilizacion-de-residuos-plasticos-de-cable-para-desarrollar-nuevos-compuestos-de-yeso\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T00:00:00","slug":"investigan-la-reutilizacion-de-residuos-plasticos-de-cable-para-desarrollar-nuevos-compuestos-de-yeso","status":"publish","type":"vigilancia","link":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/vigilancia\/researching-the-reuse-of-waste-plastic-wire-waste-to-develop-new-plaster-composites\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuse of cable plastic waste investigated to develop new gypsum composites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPM researchers have worked with this plastic cable waste as a secondary raw material in panels and gypsum boards for&nbsp;<strong>to obtain a new alternative product to existing gypsum products<\/strong>. In a first study, the researchers have&nbsp;<strong>verified the possibility of using plastic cable waste as an aggregate in plasters<\/strong>The waste is not pre-treated after collection from the cable recycling company. \"It has been possible to design and manufacture panels and boards with a&nbsp;<strong>higher surface hardness and higher elasticity<\/strong>This means an improvement in terms of the appearance of cracks, and with mechanical resistance in accordance with regulations, which makes it possible to use it in construction.<\/p>\n<p>According to the research team, the coating constitutes a&nbsp;<strong>physical barrier to the passage of heat and\/or volatile substances<\/strong>. The&nbsp;<strong>thermal properties<\/strong>&nbsp;also&nbsp;<strong>are slightly improved<\/strong>This is a contribution to a lower energy demand compared to the traditional material\". Composites have also shown a&nbsp;<strong>good surface comfort<\/strong>which means less cold on the outside and therefore less cold on the inside and therefore less cold on the outside.&nbsp;<strong>decrease in the occurrence of condensation<\/strong>as well as a&nbsp;<strong>improved adhesion to the substrate<\/strong>&nbsp;due to the increased roughness of the outer face\".<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15653,"template":"","categoria":[45],"class_list":["post-17012","vigilancia","type-vigilancia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-tecnologicas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vigilancia\/17012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vigilancia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vigilancia"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctcon-rm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria?post=17012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}