What is Lightweight Concrete? Lightweight concrete is a specialized concrete mixture made with lightweight coarse aggregates, and sometimes lightweight fine aggregates, instead of traditional aggregates. This type of concrete possesses an in-place density (unit weight) typically ranging from 90 to 115 ...
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Factors Affecting Durability of Lightweight Concrete and its Remedies
Lightweight concrete has many applications and hence its significant to know its durability properties and resistance in different environmental conditions.
Fly Ash based Cellular Lightweight Concrete Properties and Uses
Cellular Lightweight Concrete (CLC) is one of the recent emerging technology in making concrete. It has many advantages when compared to the normal conventional concrete. Fly ash is considered as one of the waste industrial product that cannot be easily ...
Lightweight Aggregate Concrete – Properties, Uses and Weight per Cubic Feet
Lightweight aggregate concrete is prepared by using lightweight aggregate or low density aggregate such as volcanic pumice, clay, slate, shale, scoria, tuff and pellite. Concrete is considered to be lightweight is the density is not more than 2200 kg/m3, when ...