Abstract
The density of cold-bonded lightweight aggregates is significantly higher than that of sintered lightweight aggregates. Since the sintering technique consumes an enormous amount of energy and emits a huge amount of pollutants, the implementation of a cold-bonded method, in manufacturing low-density lightweight aggregates, is very important from an economic and environmental perspective. In this study, a cold bonding granulation technique was employed to produce low-density lightweight aggregate by the encapsulation of expanded perlite particles in shell structures. A variety of tests were conducted to evaluate the physical and mechanical properties of the aggregate produced. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to study the microstructure and the phase composition of the aggregate. Furthermore, X-ray micro-computed tomography (CT) was performed to investigate the pore system of the aggregate specimens. The obtained results showed that by adopting the angle and speed of pelletizer disc, a core-shell structured lightweight aggregates with particle density of 0.88–1.14 g/cm3 and bulk crushing strength of 2.04–2.66 MPa can be produced.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 220-231 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Construction and Building Materials |
| Volume | 179 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 Aug 10 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, Ref. no.: 91580050 ) in this research project. In addition, the authors would like to thank Dr.-Ing. Christian Lehmann (TU-Berlin) for his assistance in the XRD and SEM measurements.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Building and Construction
- Materials Science(all)