Influence of Aluminum Powder Content on Expansion Rate of Foamed Concrete

Abstract

Foamed concrete is a heat preservation and noise reduction material made of cement and aluminum powder as foaming agent. The experiment mainly studies the influence of different water-cement ratio, foaming agent dosage and cement dosage on the expansion rate of foamed concrete test block. The experimental results show that when the water-cement ratio increases from 0.4 to 0.6, the expansion rate decreases gradually. When the content of aluminum powder foaming agent increased from 0.05% to 0.40%, the expansion rate showed a trend of “increasing first and then decreasing”. When other conditions are the same, the expansion rate of cement increases from 500kg/m3 to 800kg/m3, showing a trend of “decreasing first and then increasing”.