DISINTEGRATING EFFECT OF REPEATED FREEZING AND THAWING ON BUILDING BRICK* |
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| Authors: | J. F. McMohan C. R. Amberg |
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| Affiliation: | Research Department New York State College of Ceramics Alfred, New York |
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| Abstract: | Laboratory freezing and thawing tests (A.S.T.M. test No. C47–44 and modifications thereof) were correlated with results of outdoor-exposure tests. This correlation was based on saturation coefficient, absorption, rate of absorption, strength, and method of manufacture. New York building brick of the soft-mud and stiff-mud types were investigated. The results show that those brick within a specific absorption range and with the greatest strength and the smallest saturation coefficient will have lower loss in the freezing-thawing tests. |
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