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5. Conclusions
This article presents methods for lightening gypsum-based mortar or plasterboard by incorporating lightweight polymer-based aggregates. Recycling polymeric materials in the form of shreds makes it possible to obtain a final material of acceptable quality, which is easy to process and complies with current regulations.
The microstructure of plaster, which crystallizes in the form of needles, governs numerous parameters such as hydration conditions, mechanical properties and the type of aggregates that can be used in their preparation. Thus, certain properties in the fresh or final (hardened) state are modified by the inclusion of polymer foam granules. Consequently, we can establish that the quantity of polymer foam used in the composition of the plaster is the factor that has the greatest influence on properties in both the fresh and hardened states.
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Buildex Inc. Haydite Expanded-Shale Lightweight Aggregate http://www.buildex.com/haydite.html (page consulted on September 10, 2011)
Standards and norms
- Plasterboard – Definitions, requirements and test methods - NF EN 520 - 2009
- Test methods for masonry mortars – Part 19: Determination of water vapor permeability of hardened plaster mortars - NF EN 1015-19/A1 - 2005
- Testing methods for natural stone – Determination of real and apparent densities and open and total porosities - NF EN 1936 - 2007
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ROMÁN ALEMA (B.), TORRES ZACARÍAS (P.). – Mortero de yeso con vermiculita expandida y aditivado, y procedimiento para su obtencion. Patent (Spain). ES2331043 B1 (2010).
WHINFIELD and DICKSON. – Improvements Relating to the Manufacture of Highly Polymeric Substances, British Patent 578,079,1941. Polymeric Linear Terephthalic Esters, U.S. Patent 2,465,319 (1949).
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