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Civil Engineering ETDs
Publication Date
1961
Abstract
Among the many commercially produced lightweight aggregates, Idealite seems to exhibit many desirable qualities. According to the available literature, the expanded shale group of lightweight aggregates are capable of producing concrete with excellent structural characteristics, and one researcher found that expanded shale aggregate produced in rotary kilns resulted in the lowest weight aggregates of the ten groups that he studied.1 While having low creep and shrinkage values, Idealite has been found to give strengths equal to or better than that of conventional sand and gravel concretes.
Idealite concretes are also reported to have excellent workability properties.^
Sponsors
Ideal Cement Company, The Albuquerque Gravel COmpany, Robert E. McKee Construction Company
Document Type
Thesis
Language
English
Degree Name
Civil Engineering
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Civil Engineering
First Committee Member (Chair)
William C. Wagner
Second Committee Member
Eugene Swoyer
Third Committee Member
P. Foss
Recommended Citation
Ahlskog, John J.. "A Study of the Concrete Making Properties of Idealite Lightweight Expanded Shale Aggregate." (1961). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ce_etds/134