LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE ROOF TILES

摘要

Lightweight concrete roof tiles are produced by extruding a cement/lightweight aggregate/water mix containing a non-thixotropic silica fume in a weight ratio of silica fume (calculated as dry weight) to cement of about 2:98 to about 25:75, preferably about 8:92 to about 12:88. The presence of non-thixotropic silica fume in the mix enables lightweight roof tiles of adequate flexural strength to be obtained from the mix by extrusion. Novel cement/lightweight aggregate/water mixes containing non-thixotropic silica fume and novel roof tiles prepared therefrom are also described.