Grancrete applied to styrofoam
Last Post 14 Oct 2009 10:20 AM by josethpauline. 3 Replies.
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20 May 2009 10:09 PM
Does anyone have experience with homes built from Grancrete "ceramic concrete" sprayed onto styrofoam?  As a geopolymer, Grancrete is functionally similar to shotcrete and gunnite, but it is a phosphate-based magnesium-oxide about twice as strong as Portland cement. 

It is sprayed on both the exterior and interior of a styrofoam form.  The compressive strength is rated up to 12 kpsi, and it has embedded glass fibers that help resist cracking.
 
It is a very quick-drying alternative to shotcrete, and it does not absorb moisture.  This is not Portland Cement.  Brown Homes in Idaho builds stucco style homes using grancrete:

http://www.brownhomes.org/Grancrete/Grancrete.htm

United States Patent 7402542:

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7402542.html

Argone Laboratory originally developed this concrete product for the DOE to encapsulate spent nuclear fuel. It is very strong, fire-proof, crack-resistant, non-absorbant, and acid resistant:

http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/Explorer/Fall_2004/honor_newmaterial.html

It makes a really nice looking stucco style home as well as countertops, showers, tubs, swimming pools, etc. and it is more reliable than concrete:

http://www.brownhomes.org/Brochures/Brochures_Photos.htm

Grancrete is classified a geopolymer and also goes by the name "ceramicrete".  I'll be experimenting with this product to repair damaged concrete flooring in the battery plant where I work.  I'm a project engineer.


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20 May 2009 10:43 PM
This Company uses GFRC, but Grancrete can be substituted.

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22 May 2009 10:51 AM
Wonder if anyone has used it for flat roof applications for the waterproof low expansion strength factor


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14 Oct 2009 10:20 AM
if you want to know about Styrofoam i will refer you with this link Styrofoam concrete forms, i hope this will help you.


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