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Write short note on lightweight aggregate concrete.

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Question added by محمد يونس , مهندس مشرف , الشركة العامة للكهرباء
Date Posted: 2015/03/28
Adnan ALI
by Adnan ALI , Site Supervisor Wanted Construction / Utilities , GE AIR

Lightweight concrete can be defined as a type of concrete which includes an expanding agent in it that increases the volume of the mixture while reducing the dead weight. It is lighter than the conventional concrete with a dry density of 300 kg/m3 up to 1840 kg/m3. The main specialties of lightweight concrete are its low density and low thermal conductivity.There are many types of lightweight concrete which can be produced either by using lightweight aggregate or by using an air entraining agent. In this project I have worked on each of the above mentioned types. Both of them are non-structural concrete.

satishchand g
by satishchand g , Project Manager

Light weight concrete is used for raised flooring & walls like siporex / equivalent to less weight of the building.

Ricardo Sesbreño
by Ricardo Sesbreño , Architect Engineer , Louis Berger

Low density aggregates use to produce a light weight concrete

Mir Zaker ali MIR ZAKER ALI
by Mir Zaker ali MIR ZAKER ALI , Senior Site Engineer , GROUP OF ABDULLA HUSSAIN & SONS (ACECO)

lightweight concrete is used mostly in terrusslabs water proofing work as we say that foaming concrete 

Gina Villarubia
by Gina Villarubia , Site Engineer And Digital Signage Operator , Local Government Unit

Light wieght aggregate is usually use in designing concrete  bridges.

Anwar Hamoud Alodiny Alodiny
by Anwar Hamoud Alodiny Alodiny , مهندس مدني , دار الخليج للهندسة

The use of lightweight concrete mixtures usually in constructions that require light weights. The most common uses for concrete light weight is, concrete ceilings soundproofing and heat in the slab bridges, and in the light industrial concrete bricks and other uses. This is a light weight concrete industry by replacing some or all of the heavy agreggate by lightweight agreggate or by  add chemicals that act on the composition of the bubbles in the concrete and increase its size.

Kalyan Kalyan
by Kalyan Kalyan , Junior Engineer , Bridge and Roof company India Ltd.

Lightweight concretes can either be lightweight aggregate concrete, foamed concrete or autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC). Such lightweight concrete blocks are often used in house construction.

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by Deleted user

Lightweight aggregate concrete is commonly used for structural such as mortar and plaster wherein the weight is less than as the usual rock aggregate

ماحي عابد
by ماحي عابد , Civil engineer , Technical building control

is a light weight concrete with good thermal insulation

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