Bricks

Bricks

1. Fly Ash

   • Fly Ash Clay Bricks
     • May expand when in contact with moisture
     • Manufactured at around 1000 degrees Celsius
   • Sand Lime Bricks
     • Grey
     • Doesn't require plastering
     • Load bearing strength
     • Important to use a mortar with a similar expansion coefficient
       • Prone to expanding/ shrinking
     • Thermal movement claimed to be around 1.5 times that of a clay brick
     • Suitable for frost resistance
     • http://pubs.sciepub.com/materials/1/3/2/index.html
       • Unfired bricks optimal at 55% fly-ash, 30% sand, 15% lime, 14% gypsum, 3000psi
       • https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/power-energy/2018/09/14/barapukuria-thermal-power-plant-resumes-production-after-53-days
   • Silica-Calcareous Non-Fired Bricks
     • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12649-017-0056-1#citeas
     • 90 wt% biomass ash, 10 wt% dust filter
     • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884217327347
     • 50 wt% coal fly ash, 50 wt% geosilex

2. Adobe

   • Durable
   • Fireproof
   • Non-toxic
   • Low sound transmission
   • Thermally insulating
   • Biodegradable
   • Before shaping can be used to seal wall
     • Also use
       • Whitewash
         • Ground gypsum rock, water, clay
       • Lime plaster
         • Prone to cracking
   • Created by adding water to a cob mixture