The possibility of eliminating the alkali-silica reaction (ASR-interaction) in foam glass owing to crystallization of glass is examined. It is found that the main crystalline phases in the crystallization of the amorphous phase of foam glass are devitrite (Na2Ca3Si6O16), an octahedral phase (Na4CaSi3O9), and a cristobalitetridimite modification of SiO2. The binary glass ceramic composition of foam material shows significant ASR-interaction diminishment. The tile foam-glass-crystallite (Penosital®) can be glued or plastered with a cement-sand solution and covered with finishing polymer stuccos. The granular foam glass-ceramic can be successfully added as light aggregate to concrete without it disintegrating.
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Translated from Steklo i Keramika, No. 3, pp. 3 – 8, March, 2016.
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Kazantseva, L.K., Puzanov, I.S. Crystallization of the Amorphous Phase in Foam Glass as a Method of Decreasing the Alkali-Silicon Reaction. Glass Ceram 73, 77–81 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10717-016-9829-4
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