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  • Suitability of clays from Maroua (Far North Cameroon) and physical properties of their adobe bricks reinforced with staff waste powder for eco-friendly construction

  • Bertin Pagna Kagonbéa,*, Klamadji Moussa Ngarenab, Özgür Cengizc,d,*, Djoulaiyatou Djalloe,
    Soureiyatou Fadil-Djenabouf, Viviane Djaoyang Bakaïnéa,g, Etienne Yannég, Fréderic Pagoré Djodag and Débonnaire Bandeyah

  • aLocal Materials Authority Promotion (MIPROMALO), P.O. Box 2396, Yaoundé, Cameroon
    bDepartment of Mining and Geological Engineering, Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, University of Pala, P.O. Box 20, Pala, Chad
    cDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Afyon Kocatepe University, 03200, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye
    dDepartment of Ceramic, Fine Arts Faculty, Afyon Kocatepe University, 03200, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye
    eNational Advanced School of Mines and Petroleum Industries, University of Maroua, P.O. Box 46, Cameroon
    fDepartment of Life and Earth Sciences, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Maroua, P.O. Box 55, Maroua, Cameroon
    gDepartment of Civil Engineering and Architecture, National Advanced School of Engineering of Maroua, University of Maroua, P.O. Box 58, Maroua, Cameroon
    hDepartment of Materials Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Minerals Industries, University of Ngaoundéré, P.O. Box. 454, Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

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This Article

  • 2025; 26(4): 547-558

    Published on Aug 31, 2025

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2025.26.4.547
  • Received on Mar 17, 2025
  • Revised on Jul 27, 2025
  • Accepted on Aug 7, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Bertin Pagna Kagonbé a, Özgür Cengiz c,d

  • aLocal Materials Authority Promotion (MIPROMALO), P.O. Box 2396, Yaoundé, Cameroon
    cDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Afyon Kocatepe University, 03200, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye
    dDepartment of Ceramic, Fine Arts Faculty, Afyon Kocatepe University, 03200, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye
    Tel : (+237) 672803795; (+90) 2722282538 Fax: (+90) 2722281417

  • E-mail: kagonbebertin@gmail.com, ocengiz@aku.edu.tr