ANALYSIS ON THE INTEGRITY, SURFACE HARDNESS AND POROSITY OF AUTOCLAVED LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE

• Main Author: Hassan, Mohammad Hailz
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2004
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6774/1/2004%20-%20ANALYSIS%20ON%20THE%20INTEGRITY%2C%20SURFACE%20HARDNESS%20AND%20POROSITY%20OF%20AUTOCLAVED%20LIGHTWEIGHT%20CONCRET.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6774/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Autoclaved lightweight concrete is manufactured from sand, lime and cementto which is added a gas-forming agent. Sand is grounded to a required fineness in a ball mill and stored while cement and lime are stored in silos. Water and aluminium powder (gasforming agent) are then added to the mixture...