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Just some of the benefits
of using Slag base concrete:
Slag Cement is also known
as GGBFS which stand for ground, granulated blast-furnace slag. It has been
used in concrete for over 100 years and will be available to American Ready
Mix in July of 2005. By replacing a portion of Portland cement in our
concrete mixes with slag we are able to produce better and more consistent
concrete. Among the measurable improvements are:
Residential Concrete: Engineers, architects and specifiers have long used slag cement in major projects to achieve improved concrete performance. These performance enhancements are becoming more important to builders of residential homes, and their owners. It has been used in footings, basement walls, basement floor slabs, sidewalks, driveways, garages, insulated concrete form (ICF) walls and in masonry construction. It is preferred in decorative concrete because of its lighter base color; colors appear more vibrant in integrally colored and stamped concrete. Compressive and Flexural Strength: Concrete made with slag cement provides higher compressive and flexural strengths compared with straight portland cement. Improved strengths make it easier to achieve specified safety factors of the concrete mixture and can provide engineers with a tool to optimize concrete mix designs. Slag cement mixes have slower early strength development but the ultimate strengths will be higher than straight portland cement mixtures. Improved flexural strengths are attributed to the increased denseness of the concrete paste and improved paste-aggregate bonding. Environmental Friendly: Utilization of slag cement in concrete not only lessons the burden on landfills, it also conserves a virgin manufactured product (portland cement), reduces air emissions at the blast furnace. It can be used to construct energy-efficient building systems, and reduces the “heat island” effect because of its lighter color. In 1996 the Environmental Protection Agency recognized slag cement as a “recovered” product under the Federal Resource Conservation Recovery Act.
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