Aerated concrete block: subverting your cognition of traditional building materials

Aerated concrete block is a light and porous new building material, which not only has excellent thermal insulation and fire resistance, but also can be nailed, sawed and planed, and even has excellent seismic performance. This paper will discuss the characteristics and advantages of aerated concrete block from many angles to help readers better understand this magical building material.

Going green and environmental protection

Aerated concrete block is a kind of green building material, with fly ash, lime, cement, gypsum and slag as the main raw materials, which not only reduces the consumption of natural resources, but also effectively reduces the generation of construction waste.

Lightweight posture

Aerated concrete block is a lightweight porous building material, which weighs only 500-700kg per cubic meter, lighter than clay brick and lime-sand brick 1/4- 1/3, and lighter than ordinary concrete 1/5. This light posture makes it an ideal choice for infilled walls of high-rise buildings and load-bearing walls of low-rise buildings.

Excellent fire protection performance

Aerated concrete block has excellent fire resistance and can effectively prevent the fire from spreading. Its fire protection grade can reach Grade A, and it is a very safe building material.

Easy to process

Aerated concrete blocks are easy to process, can be nailed, sawed and planed, and are convenient to construct. At the same time, its seismic capacity is also excellent, which can effectively protect the safety of buildings.

Mysterious production process

The manufacturing process of aerated concrete block is very mysterious. It takes fly ash, lime, cement, gypsum and slag as the main raw materials, and finally becomes a porous concrete product after careful batching, stirring, pouring, static stopping, cutting and high-pressure steam curing. What changes will this production process bring to the construction industry? Let's wait and see!