A sustainable application of recycled tyre crumbs as insulator in lightweight cellular concrete

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) as part of an R&D program to develop new end-uses for recycled tyre and in part by Surrey Engineering Pty Ltd as the industry partner. The authors would like to thank Tyrecycle for the provision of recycled tyre crumbs. The authors acknowledge the support of the Trace Analysis for Chemical, Earth and Environmental Sciences (TrACEES) platform from the Melbourne Collaborative Infrastructure Research Program at the University of Melbourne. The authors also acknowledge Derek Yong, Xiayang Cui, Thomas Alemis and Liam Ryan for their contribution in the preparation of samples and execution of some of the tests.