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Light weight Concrete
Applications
  • Designed for the construction of walls and slabs in residencialhousing requiring thermal and acoustical comfort.
  • Also suitable for minor structural elements in buildingsand in making all type of fillings for leveling purposes.
  • The elements for which Lightweight Concrete is mostsuitable include:Slabs and walls of residential houses.
  • Movie theaters.
  • Auditoriums.
  • Partition walls.
  • Leveling layers for slab and floor construction.
  • Fillings for leveling and insulation purposes.

Benefits
  • Dead weig ht reduction in structures and loads onfoundations.
  • Higher fire resistance than conventional concrete.
  • Due to its thermal-acoustic properties, Light weight Concrete offers significant savings in energy consumption,particularly under extreme weather conditions.
  • Does not require vibration for consolidation thus resultingin cost savings for concreting.
  • Excellent flowability and workability.Uniform and controlled time of setting.
Related information
Light weight Concrete (PDF, 676 KB)
 
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