Lightweight expanded clay aggregate as a building material–An overview

AM Rashad - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
LECA is the abbreviation of lightweight expanded clay aggregate. LECA is produced from
special plastic clay with no or very little content of lime. The clay is dried, heated and burned …

[HTML][HTML] A Comprehensive Review and Recent Trends in Thermal Insulation Materials for Energy Conservation in Buildings

A Ali, A Issa, A Elshaer - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent years, energy conservation became a strategic goal to preserve the environment,
foster sustainability, and preserve valuable natural resources. The building sector is …

Aluminothermic reduction synthesis of Si/C composite nanosheets from waste vermiculite as high-performance anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

L Hou, B ** fire-resistant gypsum boards is mainly based on adding
porous materials. However, these additives are generally weaker in strength due to higher …

Properties of fly ash-based lightweight geopolymer concrete prepared using pumice and expanded perlite as aggregates

S Top, H Vapur, M Altiner, D Kaya, A Ekicibil - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present paper aims to utilize the fly ash wastes with lightweight aggregates for
geopolymer concrete production process in which sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium …