The replacement of soil in pressedsoilcementbricksby similar materials, a literatura review
Literature survey; Mineralwaste; Natural resources; Sustainability
In recentdecades, the various sectors that form the national and international economy are being pressured by the media and society, through a more restrictive legislation, to implement in its production chain the parameters of sustainable development, i.e., the manufacture of products that require less energy and primary inputs. In this environmental premise, the technology of manufacture of soil-cement pressed bricks, improved in research centers, may contributeto the use of significant volumes of mineral and organic waste or alternative materials that canal so partially or fully replace the soil applied in the compositions that will form the so-called ecological bricks. In preparing this article, a systematic literature review was applied to scientific papers published from 2012 to 2022 in the following databases: Google Scholar, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, Engineering Village and Periódicos Capes. Given the results found it was possible to identify that the most frequent physical tests were those of compressive strength, water absorption and durability, and the microstructural tests were the XRF (X-ray Fluorescence), XRD (X-ray Diffraction) and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), which highlight the need for proper selection of raw materials applied in the manufacturing process and the significant influence of porosity in all physical and mechanical properties require by national standards to obtain a final product that can compete with existing ones in the market.