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The study used an energy-efficient method of non-thermal effects of electromagnetic pulses on the destruction mechanisms of quartz-containing raw materials. The characteristics of quartzite sandstone aggregates, including the natural activity of radionuclides, were comprehensively studied. The features of concrete hardening, including the formation of an interfacial transition zone between the aggregate and the cement matrix, were studied, taking into account the chemical and morphological features of quartzite sandstone. In addition, the microstructural and morphological properties of concrete were determined after a 28 day curing. In this study, the behaviors of the concrete with QS aggregate were investigated, bearing in mind the provisions of geomimetics science on the affinity of structures. The results obtained showed that the QS aggregate had the activity of natural radionuclides 3\u20134 times lower compared to traditional aggregates. Efficient greener concrete with a 46.3 MPa compressive strength, water permeability grade W14, and freeze\u2013thaw resistance of 300 cycles were also obtained, demonstrating that the performance of this greener concrete was comparable to that of traditional concrete with more expensive granite or gabbro diabase aggregates.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma13235575","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,7]],"date-time":"2020-12-07T21:37:42Z","timestamp":1607377062000},"page":"5575","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["Production of Greener High-Strength Concrete Using Russian Quartz Sandstone Mine Waste Aggregates"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Aleksandr","family":"Tolstoy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Building Materials Science, Products and Structures, Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G.Shoukhov, 46 Kostiukova Str., 308012 Belgorod, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valery","family":"Lesovik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Building Materials Science, Products and Structures, Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G.Shoukhov, 46 Kostiukova Str., 308012 Belgorod, Russia"},{"name":"Research Institute of Building Physics, Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, 21 Lokomotivny pr., 127238 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2279-1240","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roman","family":"Fediuk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Polytechnic Institute, Far Eastern Federal University, 690922 Vladivostok, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4434-6295","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mugahed","family":"Amran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj 11942, Saudi Arabia"},{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, Amran University, Amran 9677, Yemen"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1151-0853","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Murali","family":"Gunasekaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur 613404, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1196-8004","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nikolai","family":"Vatin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Higher School of Industrial, Civil and Road Construction, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuriy","family":"Vasilev","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Road-Building Materials, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction University, 125319 Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cis.2013.10.026","article-title":"Interaction of inorganic anions with iron-mineral adsorbents in aqueous media\u2014A review","volume":"203","author":"Kumar","year":"2014","journal-title":"Adv. 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