Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:06:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MauricioRP.pdf: 769557 bytes, checksum: 64ad674a4bbb41883e038d57b445215c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-11-10 / Lightweight concrete has been the subject of several studies towards the development of new building materials. Emphasis has been given on the particle size effect and nature of aggregates used as raw materials. The present study includes an analysis of the materials that make this kind of concrete, analyzes of mechanical properties such as compressive and tensile strength, in addition to assessments of the interface concrete aggregate/matrix interface, porosity and absorption profile of chloride ions in lightweight concrete based on expanded clay. The experiments were carried out by molding cylindrical samples 100 mm in diameter and 200 mm in height. The dosage experiments were performed without additives or with the addition of minerals: (T1) 1: 2.01: 1.10: 0.78 (T2) 1: 2.00: 1.32 : 0.62 - (T3) 1 :1.93 :1.54: 0.47 (cement : sand : expanded clay 0500 : expanded clay 1506).The water to cement ratio was set to 0.43. Expanded clay minerals with different average particle sizes were used, i.e., 9.5 mm/0500 and 19 mm/1506. The larger aggregate was coated by a glassy layer, yielding lower water absorption characteristics to the concrete. The results showed that the use of light expanded clay aggregates is a technically interesting solution to the production of lightweight concrete for construction applications / Considerando-se as tend?ncias de novos materiais na Constru??o Civil, o concreto leve tem sido objeto de v?rios trabalhos, com ?nfase na granulometria e suas mat?rias primas. Incluem-se neste estudo a altera??o de tra?os e dos materiais que comp?em esse concreto, analisando altera??es nas propriedades mec?nicas como resist?ncia ? compress?o e tra??o por compress?o diametral, al?m da interface agregado/matriz, porosidade e perfil de absor??o de ?ons cloreto no concreto leve ? base de argila expandida. Os experimentos foram realizados atrav?s de moldagem de corpos de prova cil?ndricos, com 100 mm de di?metro e 200 mm de altura. A dosagem experimental foi efetuada sem aditivos ou adi??es minerais, nos tra?os unit?rios em massa: (T1) 1 : 2,01 : 1,10 : 0,78 (T2) 1 : 2,00 : 1,32 : 0,62 - (T3) 1 : 1,93 : 1,54 : 0,47 (cimento : areia : argila expandida 0500 : argila expandida 1506); fixando-se a rela??o ?gua/cimento em 0,43. Para tanto, utilizou-se como agregado gra?do uma argila expandida, nas gradua??es 9,5 mm/0500 e 19 mm/1506. A argila de gradua??o maior era revestida com uma camada vitrificada, o que propiciou menor absor??o de ?gua pelo concreto. Os resultados mostraram que a utiliza??o da argila expandida como agregado leve ? uma solu??o tecnicamente vi?vel na produ??o de concreto leve para Constru??o Civil.