Dimensions Width: the actual width is 600 mm. Thickness: 100 - 150 - 200 - 240 - 300 mm. Length: the length of the panels depends on the thickness, with a maximum of 6,000 mm.
Tolerances
Length: + or – 3 mm for L <= 1,200 mm + or – 0,0025 L for L > 1,200 mm Width: + or - 2 mm Thickness: + or – 2 mm
Shrinkage due to drying For cellular concrete, the shrinkage due to drying does not exceed 0.2 mm/m (see table below).
Thermal expansion coefficient
The linear expansion coefficient of a material is the variation in length of a 1 metre element per 1°K of temperature variation. The linear expansion coefficient of cellular concrete is 8 • 10-6m/mK (in accordance with standard NBN B 21-004).
Compression strength
Category CC 3/500: fck >= 3.00 N/mm2 (characteristic value) Category CC 4/600: fck >= 4.00 N/mm2 (characteristic value) (in accordance with standard NBN 21-004)
Modulus of elasticity Category CC 3/500.1500 N/mm2 (in accordance with standard NBN 21-004)
Bending tensile strength
Short term Category CC 3/500: fcflk = 0.81 N/mm2 (charact. val.) Category CC 4/600: fcflk = 1.08 N/mm2 (charact. val.) Long term Category CC 3/500: fcflk = 0.54 N/mm2 (charact. val.) Category CC 4/600: fcflk = 0.72 N/mm2 (charact. val.) (in accordance with standard NBN B 21-004)
Aesthetics Cellular concrete is a material made from natural raw materials. Slight differences in shade are therefore possible. Any chips in the panels can be very easily repaired. However these repairs might remain visible. If a perfect finish is required, it is therefore advisable to provide an external and/or internal finish.