{"id":277900,"date":"2021-01-08T09:50:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T09:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/bw-hasla\/slownik-beton\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:40:24","slug":"slownik-beton","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/bw-hasla\/slownik-beton\/","title":{"rendered":"Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Concrete?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Concrete is a <strong>composite material<\/strong> obtained through the <strong>binding and hardening of a concrete mix<\/strong>, which consists of a <strong>binder<\/strong> (most commonly <strong>cement<\/strong>), <strong>aggregate, water, and appropriate admixtures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Types of Concrete Based on Apparent Density:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lightweight concrete<\/strong> (apparent density below <strong>1800 kg\/m\u00b3<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Normal-weight concrete<\/strong> (<strong>1800 to 2600 kg\/m\u00b3<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heavyweight concrete<\/strong> (above <strong>2600 kg\/m\u00b3<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Lightweight Concrete<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Lightweight concrete is made using <strong>lightweight aggregates<\/strong> or <strong>aerated concrete<\/strong>.<br \/>\nAerated concrete is produced from <strong>cement, sand, water, and a foaming agent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Used for <strong>wall and floor elements<\/strong>, including:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Medium-sized<\/strong> components (<em>wall and floor panels<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Small-sized<\/strong> components (<em>wall blocks, prefabricated lintels<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Normal-Weight Concrete<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Density: 2200\u20132600 kg\/m\u00b3<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Made with <strong>natural or crushed aggregates<\/strong> (<em>sand + gravel or sand + basalt stone<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Used for <strong>structural concrete and reinforced concrete elements<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Density: 1800\u20132200 kg\/m\u00b3<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Made with <strong>porous aggregates<\/strong> (<em>e.g., expanded clay<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Used for elements with <strong>enhanced thermal insulation properties<\/strong>, such as:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cladding walls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wall and floor hollow blocks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Heavyweight Concrete<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Heavyweight concrete is made with <strong>special aggregates<\/strong> (<em>e.g., barite, steel, manganese<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Used as <strong>biological shielding<\/strong> to <strong>reduce ionizing radiation exposure<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"256787\" img_size=\"large\" alignment=\"center\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280346,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277900","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge-base"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/277900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/277900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sanier.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}