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Implications of Lightweight Aggregates

• ID:

  362

• ESCSI:

  4000.022

• Author:

  Weidlinger, Paul

• Publication Name:

  Architectural Record

• Type of Publication:

  Article

• Publisher:

• Dated:

  1949

• Issue/Volume:

  November

• Other ID:

• Page(s):

  149-152

• Reference List:

  N

• Abstract:

  Lightweight aggregates have been used in this country for more than 50 years, and experience with them during and since the war has greatly emphasized their cost-saving, thermal insulating and other advantages. So it seems rather remarkable that they have not been employed more widely. This can be attributed in part to building code restrictions, limited availability, until recently, and to a great extent to the lack of reliable and generally accepted design data.Recognizing the need for technical information that would disclose the usefulness of lightweight aggregates in housing, the HhFA initiated an exhaustive laboratory test program at the National Bureau of Standards and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation which has recently been completed and reported.