Structural and Thermal Insulation Compositions Based on Polyethylene Foams Waste

A structural and thermal insulation material was development with the simultaneous utilisation of two man–made materials – fluorohydrite (waste of hydrofluoric acid production) and polyethylene foam production waste. It is shown that the combination of these two wastes allows to create the material with the compressive strength of 4.2 MPa and the thermal conductivity of 0.131 W/m ^oC at the average density of 1560 kg/m³ at the polyethylene foam crumbs optimal consumption of 300 l/m³. In addition, given the presence of a kind of damper in the composition of the material in the form of polyethylene foam, the products acquire increased frost resistance in building structures. Application of this material will allow increasing fire safety of building structures, improving their vapour and gas permeability, reducing production costs and simultaneously solving the problems of fluorohydrite and polyethylene foam production waste disposal.

G.I. YAKOVLEV¹, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
Z.S. ANGELICH¹, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering), Docent (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
A.F. BURYANOV², Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
Yu.N. GINCHITSKAYA¹, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering), Docent (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
V.M. UKRAINTSEVA¹, Master, Postgraduate Student (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
V.A. YUKHNIN¹, Student (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
K.Yu. BYKOV¹, Student (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),
A.V. BUDAEV³, Postgraduate Student

¹ Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University (7, Studencheskaya Street, Izhevsk, 426069, Russian Federation)
² National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (26, Yaroslavskoe Highway, Moscow, 129337, Russian Federation)
³ East Siberia State University of Technology and Management (40V, bldg. 1, Klyuchevskaya Street, Ulan-Ude, 670013, Republic of Buryatia, Russian Federation)

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