<p><ul id="issue-navigation" class="issue-navigation u-margin-s-bottom u-bg-grey1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245) !important; overflow: hidden; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierSans, Arial, Helvetica, Roboto, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></ul></p><div class="Abstracts u-font-serif text-s" id="abstracts" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; --sd-ui-line-height: calc(1em + 10px); line-height: var(--sd-ui-line-height); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif !important;"><div class="abstract author" id="abs0010" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><div id="abssec0010" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p id="abspara0010" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">The physical, mechanical and thermal properties of foam concrete, one of the lightweight concrete types, are closely related to its density. A decrease in density leads to a decrease in volumetric stability in the fresh state on the one hand and an increase in drying shrinkage and weakening of</span><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/mechanical-property" title="Learn more about mechanical properties from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">mechanical properties</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> on the other. In this study, it was aimed to determine the appropriate density for autoclaved foam concrete as a wall filling and</span><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/thermal-insulation" title="Learn more about thermal insulation from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">thermal insulation</a><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> material at the required standards. Water/binder (0.60), lime/cement (0.25) and binder/aggregate (0.62) ratios were kept constant in foam concretes produced at dry densities of 300, 400 and 500 kg/m</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">3</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span> </span>using<span> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/portland-cement" title="Learn more about Portland cement from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">Portland cement</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, powdered quartz, hydrated<span> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/limes" title="Learn more about lime from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">lime</a><span> </span>and synthetic foaming agent. Half of the prism specimens (40 mm × 40 mm x160 mm) in each density class were cured in a climate chamber at 20 ± 5 °C and 95% relative humidity for 28 days, and the other half were autoclaved at 170 °C and 14 bar pressure for 12 h. In autoclaved foam concrete specimens,<span> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/compressive-strength" title="Learn more about compressive strengths from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">compressive strengths</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span> </span>increased by 237, 323, 443%,<span> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/flexural-strength" title="Learn more about flexural strengths from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">flexural strengths</a><span> </span>increased by 116, 308 and 342%, while<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/thermal-conductivity" title="Learn more about thermal conductivity from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">thermal conductivity</a><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> coefficients decreased by 14, 15 and 17% due to increasing density. It was found that autoclaving significantly improved the mechanical and thermal properties of foam concrete and the standard requirements were met at a density of 300 kg/m</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">3</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">.</span></p></div></div></div>
<p></p><ul id="issue-navigation" class="issue-navigation u-margin-s-bottom u-bg-grey1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245) !important; overflow: hidden; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierSans, Arial, Helvetica, Roboto, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></ul><p></p><div class="Abstracts u-font-serif text-s" id="abstracts" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; --sd-ui-line-height: calc(1em + 10px); line-height: var(--sd-ui-line-height); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif !important;"><div class="abstract author" id="abs0010" lang="en" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><div id="abssec0010" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p id="abspara0010" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">The physical, mechanical and thermal properties of foam concrete, one of the lightweight concrete types, are closely related to its density. A decrease in density leads to a decrease in volumetric stability in the fresh state on the one hand and an increase in drying shrinkage and weakening of</span><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/mechanical-property" title="Learn more about mechanical properties from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">mechanical properties</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> on the other. In this study, it was aimed to determine the appropriate density for autoclaved foam concrete as a wall filling and</span><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/thermal-insulation" title="Learn more about thermal insulation from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">thermal insulation</a><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> material at the required standards. Water/binder (0.60), lime/cement (0.25) and binder/aggregate (0.62) ratios were kept constant in foam concretes produced at dry densities of 300, 400 and 500 kg/m</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">3</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span> </span>using<span> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/portland-cement" title="Learn more about Portland cement from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">Portland cement</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, powdered quartz, hydrated<span> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/limes" title="Learn more about lime from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">lime</a><span> </span>and synthetic foaming agent. Half of the prism specimens (40 mm × 40 mm x160 mm) in each density class were cured in a climate chamber at 20 ± 5 °C and 95% relative humidity for 28 days, and the other half were autoclaved at 170 °C and 14 bar pressure for 12 h. In autoclaved foam concrete specimens,<span> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/compressive-strength" title="Learn more about compressive strengths from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">compressive strengths</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span> </span>increased by 237, 323, 443%,<span> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/flexural-strength" title="Learn more about flexural strengths from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">flexural strengths</a><span> </span>increased by 116, 308 and 342%, while<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/thermal-conductivity" title="Learn more about thermal conductivity from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages" class="topic-link" style="font-size: 0.8rem; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; word-break: break-word; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">thermal conductivity</a><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> coefficients decreased by 14, 15 and 17% due to increasing density. It was found that autoclaving significantly improved the mechanical and thermal properties of foam concrete and the standard requirements were met at a density of 300 kg/m</span><span style="font-size: 12px;">3</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">.</span></p></div></div></div>