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EXPANSIVE DEMOLITION AGENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Man-Made Construction Materials
  • Mines and Quarries
  • Concrete Construction
CONT

To use non-explosive demolition agents in demolition or quarrying, holes are drilled in the base rock as they would be for use with conventional explosives. A slurry mixture of the non-explosive demolition agent and water is poured into the drill holes. Over the next few hours the slurry expands, cracking the rock in a pattern somewhat like the cracking that would occur from conventional explosives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction artificiels
  • Mines et carrières
  • Bétonnage
CONT

Des procédés chimiques [de démolition] existent aussi. Ils consistent à faire éclater la maçonnerie en introduisant dans un trou préalablement foré un mortier expansif.

Spanish

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