Features of expanded clay concrete and its advantages
Ceramzitube concrete of a general-reliable properties is used, as a rule, in order to obtain unified sections and volumetric sections. The mass of such expanded clay panels is 700-1200 kilograms per meter cubic with compression strength in the range from 35 to 100 kg/cm2. The cold resistance of the building material in question is from 15 to 100 cycles.
Structural expanded concrete wall element is used to build wall elements for various purposes. The mass of such expanded clay concrete is in the range from 1,400 to 1800 kilograms a cubic meter, with structural strength for a compression of one hundred to five hundred kilograms per centimeter square. The frost resistance of the supporting expanded clay concrete reaches five hundred kilograms per centimeter square. The structural element under consideration, compared with ordinary heavy concrete, makes it possible to significantly reduce the mass of large concrete blocks, which significantly reduces the cost. At the moment, in this country expanded clay is used only in the construction of 10-15 percent of structures, while in other countries its share is about forty percent.