Effect of foam glass granules fillers modification of lime-sand products on their microstructure

Abstract

Abstract Silicate products are products made exclusively from natural raw materials. A relatively high value of the heat transfer coefficient is still considered a fault. This property adversely affects the thermal insulation of buildings and energy consumption, so you should look for materials with a low heat conduction coefficient. One of the ways of obtaining such products can be the use of light, porous fillers in the mass of lime-sand products. Due to the above, particular attention was paid to white foam glass in the form of granules, which is a product of recycling glass cullet. The research was carried out with a granulate size of 0.25-0.5 mm, share of which in the tested samples ranged from 5 to 30%. The obtained results were referred to the tests carried out on basic (lime-sand) sample. The aim of the article is to determine the correctness of the formation of selected usable properties of modified lime-sand products, taking into account changes in their microstructure. The article describes the results of volume density and compressive strength tests of basic samples and the samples modified by using the expanded glass granulate as well as the results of their observations by using of SEM and tests of phase composition obtained from XRD.