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Article: The effects of pumice aggregate/cement ratios on the low-strength concrete properties.
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- Construction and Building Materials
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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Abstract
Lightweight concretes can be produced by using processed natural material, processed by-product or unprocessed porous materials, depending upon the requirements of density and strength levels. The present study covers the use of pumice lightweight aggregate (PLA) to produce the lightweight concrete (LWC) for use in construction of load-bearing or non-load bearing elements. In this study, pumice aggregate lightweight concrete (PALWC) blocks were produced with different sizes of 8-16 mm as coarse pumice aggregate (CPA), of 4-8 mm as medium pumice aggregate (MPA) and 0-4 mm as fine pumice aggregate (FPA). According to the preliminary trial batch results, ...