Some Preliminary Studies on Compositions of Lightweight Structural Shapes by Foam Methods

Abstract

Cellular products made from foamed materials exhibiting pozzolanic action offer the building industry an attractive solution to problems involving stable, lightweight, durable, attractive, and fireproof structural shapes. A wide variety of Kansas raw materials is available to a manufacturer of such products, Three methods of introducing a foam have been generally used: whipping a foam in a suitable slurry, generating gases in the mix, and mixing a slurry and a pre-formed. foam. Subsequent autoclaving is usually employed where structural strengths are desired in the products.

Production and materials costs are in line with other comparable constructional materials presently available.