Analysis of the potential use of poly(acrylonitrile-
-co-butadiene-co-styrene) in autoclaved aerated concrete
Magdalena Balonis¹ (orcid id: 0000-0001-7116-8183) Anna Stepien²* (orcid id: 0000-0001-7937-8804)
Agnieszka Molendowska² (orcid id: 0000-0002-0419-0791) Iga Jasińska³ (orcid id: 0000-0003-3990-7497)
Ryszard Dachowski ³ (orcid id: 0000-0002-4412-7703)
¹ University of California Los Angeles, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering, Engineering V, USA
² Kielce University of Technology, Poland
³ University of Radom, Poland
DOI: 10.17512/bozpe.2025.14.23
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KEYWORDS
ABS, recycling, autoclaved concrete, basalt powder, sustainable construction
ABSTRACT
Industrial activity in the 21st century increasingly emphasizes a low-emission economy,
sustainable construction, material recycling, and the closed-loop use of building materials.
Concrete, in both cast-in-place and precast structures, remains the most widely used construc- tion
material. Numerous approaches to concrete modification have been developed, and the recycling of
construction materials became a priority in the late 20th century, particularly in Western Europe
and the United States, as well as in the context of the Earth Summits initiated in the 1990s. One
such modifier derived from recycled plastics is acrylonitrile-butadiene-
-styrene (ABS). ABS is an amorphous, metastable polymer characterized by high strength, impact
resistance, hardness, scratch resistance, favorable insulating properties, and resistance to light
and UV radiation. Its main limitation is its low resistance to acids, esters, and ketones. To
evaluate the effect of ABS modified with basalt powder on the properties of autoclaved aerated
concrete (AAC), compressive strength was adopted as the primary performance indi-
cator, and a functional usability profile was developed.
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