Abstract
The present study focuses on the preparation of cement-hollow glass microballoons (40–60 % v/v) syntactic foams for construction applications. Conventional rigid fillers like mortar and aggregates enhance the compressive properties but poses heavy load on the buildings and structures. The use of hollow glass microballoons (K46) with a density of 0.46 g cm−3, as filler in cement binder, offers higher compressive strength at comparable densities. Moreover, the compressive toughness and specific compressive toughness values at 40 percent loadings of K46 are found to enhance by ∼ 87 percent and ∼ 157 percent respectively when compared to neat cement. The use of hollow glass microballoons as a filler material is expected to open new possibilities for the construction industry.
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