Data on thermal conductivity, water vapour permeability and water absorption of a cementitious mortar containing end-of-waste plastic aggregates

Luciano Di Maio; Bartolomeo Coppola; Luc Courard; Frédéric Michel; Loredana Incarnato; Paola Scarfato

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.128

Data on thermal conductivity, water vapour permeability and water absorption of a cementitious mortar containing end-of-waste plastic aggregates

Data Brief. 2018 Mar 31:18:1057-1063. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.128. eCollection 2018 Jun.

Authors

Luciano Di Maio¹, Bartolomeo Coppola^{1

2}, Luc Courard², Frédéric Michel², Loredana Incarnato¹, Paola Scarfato¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Salerno, Department of Industrial Engineering, Via Giovanni Paolo II n. 132, 84084 Fisciano, SA, Italy.
² University of Liège, ArGEnCo Department, Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la découverte 9, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.

Abstract

The data presented in this article are related to the research article entitled "Hygro-thermal and durability properties of a lightweight mortar made with foamed plastic waste aggregates" (Coppola et al., 2018) [1]. This article focuses the attention on thermal conductivity, water vapour permeability and water absorption of a lightweight cementitious mortar containing foamed end-of-waste plastic aggregates, produced via foam extrusion process [2]. Thermal conductivity, water vapour permeability and water absorption data are made available to allow comparison and/or extend the analysis. Experimental investigations showed that the presence of plastic aggregates decreased thermal conductivity, water vapour resistance and capillary water absorption.