Resistance of Silicate Materials in Water and Aggressive Media
In a number of Russian normative-technical documents there is a prohibition against the use of silicate products in foundations, basements and socles of buildings and structures aswell as in premises with humid and wet conditions (SP 15.13330, SP 28.13330, SP 70.13330). These limits are partly correct with regard to products of 50-70th of the XX century.During the last decades the technology of production was enhanced and the quality of manufactured products was significantly improved. The experience in the use of silicate materialsunder moisture impact in many countries of the West Europe (Germany, Netherland, Swiss, Austria) calls into question the fairness of limitation of their application. That’s why theAssociation of silicate products manufacturers sets the task to prove or disprove the proposition that silicate materials, when they are in water or under impact of salt solution, aredestroyed or lose their consumer properties.