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High-Strength and Heat-Insulating Cellular Building Concrete Based on Calcined Gypsum

Authors :
Adrian Ioana
Lucian Paunescu
Nicolae Constantin
Valeriu Rucai
Cristian Dobrescu
Vili Pasare
Alexandra Istrate
Source :
Materials, Vol 16, Iss 1, p 118 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

A cellular concrete with a fine porous structure was experimentally made using the corrosion technique for aluminum powder as an expanding agent in an aqueous solution of Ca(OH)2. The originality of this paper was the use of our own production method for the fine aluminum powder through atomizing the recycled molten waste of this metal using concentrated jets of nitrogen. Additionally, the waste melting technique involved our own microwave heating method. A high weight proportion of calcined gypsum (maximum 82.3%) represented the main concrete binder. Using moderate contents of coal fly ash (3.6–11.1%) together with perlite (4.6–6.4%) to reduce the pore size and silica fume (0.3–1.2%) with pozzolanic properties, the aim was to obtain a macrostructure characterized by a very low pore size and to increase the compressive strength (by up to 4.1 MPa), despite the relatively low density (below 641 kg/m3). An industrial method of increasing the mechanical strength by steam curing fresh concrete was applied.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19961944
Volume :
16
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Materials
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.03a0daea74542e68ca8b7b782f4ec12
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16010118