Light and insulant plates for housing external closure

ROSANA GAGGINO

CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS

Elsevier

Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2006 vol. 20 p. 917 - 928

0950-0618

This Journal is indexed by SCI Abstracts, Science Citation Index, CAB Abstracts, Concrete Abstracts, Compendex and Engineering Index, Materials Science Citation Index and Research Alert. Impact factor: 2,29. Abtract: This is a description of a new application of recycled expanded polystyrene incorporated to concrete bricks later used for the manufacturing of closure plates. These plates are very light (specific weight 600 kg/m3) and provide an excellent thermal insulation ( = 0.15 W/mK). They are manufactured in the workshop and can be easily mounted, thus making a house quickly habitable and providing solutions to habitation emergency cases.