It is used as an aggregate in concrete fireproofing steel,

Fine Aggregate cu.m. 605.65

for floor and roof fill, and for acoustic and fireproof plaster.
c. Expanded shales and clays Gravel G1 cu.m. 825.26

• Lightweight aggregates from shales and clays require heating Gravel G1-1/2 cu.m. 795.15
the material in a kiln to a temperature near its fusion point. The
Gravel G2 cu.m. 775.73
material softens and coalesces to a sticky mass; escaping
gases are trapped, forming cellular structures and expanding Gravel G2-1/2 cu.m. 759.28
the volume of the material about 50%.
Gravel G3/4 cu.m. 855.04
The crushing and firing operations are varied with
different processes. In some, the material is fired to a clinker, Natural Gravel cu.m. 706.79
then crushed and sized; the process is often reversed with
crushing operation first. Hydraulic Cement bag 275.68
Examples of clay, shale aggregates are “AIROX”, Portland Cement bag 259.57
“ROCKLITE”, Diatomite, “HAYDITE”.
Pozzolan Cement bag 239.35
d. By-product Aggregates
• Expanded Slag or “foamed” slags are made by treating
molten blast furnace slag with controlled quantities of water or
steam. Some slags are expanded are expanded in pits in the
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ground; others are made in machines. Close control of steam
is very important because too much granulates the slag, MORTARS AND PLASTERS
yielding soft, friable particles; too little gives a heavy
- a proportioned mixture of siliceous materials (sand, crushed
aggregate.
stone) and cement (lime, Portland) which, after being
• Foamed slag has been used for precast blocks, cast-in-place prepared in a plastic state with water, hardens into a stonelike
walls of houses and for panel filling of steel-framed buildings. mass.
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