• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.141-142
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• 2015

This literature study is focused on the improvement of lightweight concrete in perspective of foaming agent. Lightweight concrete is the cured concrete as putting required amount of foaming agent to slurry which is a mixture of a certain amount of cement, sand, and water. It has lower density than general concrete, because foaming agent disintegrates numerous bubbles evenly and independently. Thus, it is capable of lightening the weight and great for sound absorption and insulation, In foreign countries, studies for structural lightweight concrete mainly of tunnel grouting and weight lightening of heavy structures are going along actively. Domestically, exterior panel and ALC blocks are alternatively used for flooring. Therefore, this research consider improvement of lightweight concrete in perspective of foaming agent with foundation study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.49-52
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• 2003

The objective of this study the mechanical characteristics of prefoamed lightweight foamed concrete using the mineral foam agent which has high lightness, and strength. The compressive strength of lightweight foamed concrete using mineral foam agent are about 2 times degree high those the of lightweight foamed concrete using vegetable foam agent. Lightweight foamed concrete was able to obtain the result of 50kg/㎠ or more compressive strength, when was unit weight 0.8t/㎡. In the case of the same unit weight of concrete, it is influenced by w/c of foam agent ratio. The paper present extensive data on characteristics of compressive strength of the concrete manufatured with the different factors in mix design and also present optimum mix proportion.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.49.1-52
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• 2003

The objective of this study the mechanical characteristics of preformed lightweight foamed concrete using the mineral foam agent which has high lightness, and strength. The compressive strength of lightweight foamed concrete using mineral foam agent are about 2 times degree high those the of lightweight foamed concrete using vegetable foam agent. Lightweight foamed concrete was able to obtain the result of 50kg/$\textrm{m}^3$ or more compressive strength, when was unit weight 0.8t/$\textrm{m}^3$. In the can of the same unit weight of concrete, it is influenced by w/c of loan agent ratio. The paper present extensive data on characteristics of compressive strength of the concrete manufactured with the different factors in mix design and also present optimum mix proportion.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.162-163
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• 2017

This study investigated the properties of lightweight foamed concrete by using synthetic foaming agent and artificial lightweight aggregate. The effects of artificial lightweight sizes on the compressive strength, density and pore structure of the concrete were investigated. The samples were assessed by MIP analysis and simultaneous SEM was used to study their pore distribution. This study showed the improvement of important properties of lightweight foamed concrete. Lower pore distribution and correspondingly higher compressive strength values were reached. This is for the purpose of providing basic data for the use of lightweight foamed concrete through improvement on the problem such as unstability, falling in fluidity and the strength of existed foaming agent.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.241-245
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate the bloating mechanism of artificial lightweight aggregates with different sizes (ESA, effective surface area). Aggregates were produced using hard clay, stone sludge, and a bloating agent in order to observe the effect of the gradation of the artificial lightweight aggregates. Kerosene and amorphous carbon were used as bloating agent. The particle size of the produced aggregate ranged from 3 mm to 9 mm. With regard to the amount of bloating agent to be used, 2 ~ 6 parts by weight were used. The specific gravity, absorption rate, and the type of aggregates produced by rapid sintering at $1075{\sim}1200^{\circ}C$ were determined. Microstructures were observed. When ESA had a value of 1 or below, kerosene, which has a high burning rate, was found to be advantageous for use as a bloating agent. When ESA had a value of 1 or above, carbon, which has a relatively low burning rate was found to be an advantageous bloating agent. It is thought that kerosene is more advantageous, as ESA decreases, for the production of aggregates having low water absorption rate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.69-72
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• 2009

This research is focused on the applying of the foaming agent which can make the independent pore in the concrete structure in order to make a lightweight concrete structure. This lightweight foamed concrete can satisfy both the required strength and the mechanical properties as structural members. In addition, anti freezing-thawing properties also required. As a result of the unit volume-weight measurement, when the foaming agent mixed at 0.5% to 1%, the lightweight foamed concrete can be applied for the structural member. Also the density and compressive strength measurement results reveals that it will be suitable as structural member with 21MPa strength, when the density is betweenity8 to 1.9 and foaming agent quantities are 0.5% to 1%. Finally the result of freezing-thawing experiment, the effect freezing-thawing damage reduced according to adding foaming agent because those foaming agent make micro-pores in the structure which are not seen in the ordinary concrete structure.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.684-687
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is to obtain basic data on the properties of the development of lightweight mortar contained foam agent for various applications in the field. In the experiment, as a result of measurement the specific gravity by the change of the W/C and the foam agent into a variable and measuring the compressive strength of mortar, specific gravity checked that a compressive strength therefore increased. Mortar is using lightweight foam agent having the change of specific gravity, the water cement ratio $50\%,\;40\%,\;30\%$. This paper present extensive data on the characteristics of strength of the lightweight mortar and also presents the mechanical characteristics of the lightweight according to specific gravity.

• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.241-244
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• 2005

The existing structural lightweight concrete is almost manufactured by using lightweight aggregate. But most of a lightweight aggregate depends on income, it is wholly lacking domestic utilizer. So in this study we investigate the developmental possibility of structural lightweight concrete using only the aggregate of the general concrete and foam agent. As the result of experiments this paper confirmed the possibility of development of structural lightweight concrete which shows compressive strength 210kgf/$cm^{2}$ and specific gravity 1.8 t/$m^{3}$ using only foam agent

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.48-55
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• 1994

This study was performed to evaluate the engineering properties of the lightweight concrete using surlightweight aggregate foaming agent and high performance agent. The following conclusions were drawn. 1. The unit weight of type A, B and C concrete was 0.912t/m$^3$, 1.592t/m$^3$ and 1.070t/m$^3$, respectively. Specially, the unit weight of type A concrete was decreased 42% than that of the type B concrete. 2. The highest engineering property was measured in the lightweight concrete using high performance agent Also, the ratio of tensile and bending strength to compresive streng-th of the lightweight concrete was higher than that of the normal cement concrete. 3. The dynamic modulus of elasticity of the lightweight concrete was in the range of 2.86 x 10 5~9.86 x 10 5 kg/cm$^2$ which was approximately 300% than that of the normal cement concrete. 4. The ultrasonic pulse velocity of the lightweight concrete was in the range 2047~3394 n/sec, which was smaller than that of the normal cement concrete.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.165-172
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• 1997

Lightweight foamed concrete is a concrete which is lighter than conventional concree by mixing ptetoamed foam in cement slurry. The objectives of this study are to develop optimal prefoarneti lightweight foamed concrete with high lightness. high flowability and enough strength fol special use of structural application by using the polymer foam agent. By mixing the admixtures such as silica-fume and fly-ash and the industrial by-product such as styrofoam for the purpose of practical use of industrial waste, lightweight foamed concrete shich has better lightness. flowability and strength than the conventional prefoamed lightweight foamed concrete is developed. This paper presents extensive data on characteristics of compressive strength and flowability of the concrete manufactured with the different factors in mix design and also presents optimum mix proportion.