INVESTIGATION OF LIGHTWEIGHT SULFUR FOAM FOR USE IN FIELD APPLICATIONS

PREVIOUS STUDIES INDICATED THAT LIGHTWEIGHT SULFUR FOAMS HAD THERMAL INSULATING CHARACTERISTICS AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES WHICH WERE SUFFICIENTLY ATTRACTIVE THAT THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A NUMBER OF STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS. THE SUBJECT STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF THE PROCESS FOR PREPARING SULFUR FOAM COULD BE SCALED UP FROM SMALL LABORATORY-SIZE EQUIPMENT, PRODUCING 4 LB OF FOAM PER BATCH, TO LARGE CONVENTIONAL PRESSURE-HEATED EQUIPMENT, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 500 LB OF FOAM PER BATCH. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED, AND LARGE QUANTITIES OF SULFUR FOAM WERE PREPARED AND TESTED FOR SUCH APPLICATIONS AS SUBBASES FOR ROADWAYS, AS FOAM CORE PANELS AND FOR FOAMED-IN-PLACE STRUCTURES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Tech Rept 227, 19 PP
• Authors:
  • Dale, J M
  • Ludwig, A C
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • CRREL REPORT
  • Publisher: THE LABORATORY

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Foams; Heat insulating materials; Mechanical properties; Panels; Production; Structures; Subbase (Pavements); Sulfur
• Uncontrolled Terms: Characteristics; Subbase
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216970
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM