Effect of the type of foaming agent on the properties of ultra-low-density foam concrete

openaccess, Vol. 599 (7) 2022 / czwartek, 21 lipca, 2022

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DOI: 10.15199/33.2022.07.08

Gołaszewski Jacek, Klemczak Barbara, Smolana Aneta, Gołaszewska Małgorzata, Cygan Grzegorz, Mankel Christoph, Peralta Ignacio, Röser Frank, A. B. Koenders Eduardus. 2022. Effect of the type of foaming agent on the properties of ultra-low-density foam concrete. Volume 599. Issue 7. Pages 43-45. Article in PDF file

Accepted for publication: 19.05.2022 r.

Foamconcrete ismade by introducing foam, produced with a foaming agent, into the cement slurry. The article presents the results of research on the effect of the type of foaming agent on the thermo-mechanical properties of ultra-light foamconcrete. The examined samples of foam concrete with a protein foaming agent are characterized by a more uniform structure, greater compressive strength and a lower heat conductivity compared to foam concrete based on a synthetic foaming agent.
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prof. dr hab. inż. Jacek Gołaszewski, Politechnika Śląska; Wydział Budownictwa ORCID: 0000-0003-4110-5581
prof. dr hab. inż. Barbara Klemczak, Politechnika Śląska; Wydział Budownictwa ORCID: 0000-0002-8102-894X
dr inż. Aneta Smolana, Politechnika Śląska; Wydział Budownictwa ORCID: 0000-0002-6757-9841
dr inż. Małgorzata Gołaszewska, Politechnika Śląska; Wydział Budownictwa ORCID: 0000-0002-5249-2639
mgr inż. Grzegorz Cygan, Politechnika Śląska; Wydział Budownictwa ORCID: 0000-0002-5534-704X
dr inż.Christoph Mankel, Institute of Construction and Building Materials; Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany ORCID: 0000-0001-8376-6156
dr inż. Ignacio Peralta, Institute of Construction and Building Materials; Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Laboratorio de Flujometría (FLOW); Facultad Regional Santa Fe (FRSF); Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN), Argentina ORCID: 0000-0003-4316-9909
dr inż. Frank Röser, Wilhelm Roser Sohne GMBH CO. KG (RIB); Germany ORCID: 0000-0002-5926-1593
prof. dr inż. Eduardus A. B. Koenders, Institute of Construction and Building Materials; Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany ORCID: 0000-0001-8664-2554

prof. dr hab. inż. Jacek Gołaszewski, Politechnika Śląska; Wydział Budownictwa ORCID: 0000-0003-4110-5581

 jacek.golaszewski@polsl.pl

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DOI: 10.15199/33.2022.07.08

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