Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alkali-activated bricks made with mining waste iron ore tailings Subject The topic of the resource Alkali-activated; Bricks; Durability; Iron ore tailings; Strength Description An account of the resource In India, the enormous growth in the housing sector has put tremendous pressure on construction materials such as bricks. Conventional brick production methods include fired bricks and cement blocks. However, conventional methods significantly contribute to environmental carbon emissions and therefore alternative brick production methods have caught the attention of several researchers. Furthermore, the waste generated in various industries can be a useful resource for the construction industry, and in particular, voluminous waste is generated during the beneficiation stage of iron ore concentrate, which can be integrated into the construction industry to achieve sustainable practice. With this quest in mind, this study proposes the utilization of mining waste iron ore tailing (IOT) in alkali-activated bricks. For this purpose, six different brick compositions were synthesized with fly ash, GGBS, and IOT along with Na2SiO3 sol. The raw materials were characterized using various techniques such as X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and particle size analysis (PSA). Furthermore, a series of standard tests were conducted on the developed bricks to evaluate their strength and durability properties. The developed bricks have presented a maximum compressive strength of 18.45 MPa and minimum water absorption of 12.6%. Besides, the alkali-activated bricks have shown excellent resistance to brick ageing which was attributed to improvement in the microstructure of bricks due to the filling up of voids with products of the polymeric reaction. Finally, it was interesting to notice that with 8% Na2SiO3 as an alkaline activator and with the combination of fly ash and GGBS more than 50% IOT can be utilized to produce good quality bricks at ambient curing conditions. 2022 The Authors Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thejas H.K.; Hossiney N. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Case Studies in Construction Materials, Vol-16 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2022.e00973" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2022.e00973</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125233557&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.cscm.2022.e00973&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=24950a57c819cea2bcb8a119e744e015" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125233557&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.cscm.2022.e00973&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=24950a57c819cea2bcb8a119e744e015</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 22145095 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Thejas H.K., Department of Civil Engineering, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560074, India; Hossiney N., Department of Civil Engineering, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560074, India