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A pallet of "8-inch" concrete blocks An interior wall of painted concrete blocks Concrete masonry blocks A building constructed with concrete masonry blocks. A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various other terms, is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction.
Proposal: move this document to "Concrete block" and come to agreement on the first sentence, e.g.: Concrete block, "Concrete Masonry Unit" (CMU) or "breeze block" (mistakenly called a cinder block), is a rectangular block or brick used in construction. -- Dogears 23:27, 26 March 2006 (UTC) I think I completely agree.
Larger size blocks leads to faster masonry work. Reduces project cost for large constructions. Fire-resistant: AAC, like other concretes, is fire-resistant. Ease of Handling: AAC Blocks are lightweight, making them Easier to Lift, Carry, and Install, Smoothing out construction and further improving Efficiency compared to Traditional Materials.
Mass concrete is defined by American Concrete Institute Committee 207 as "any volume of concrete with dimensions large enough to require that measures be taken to cope with the generation of heat from the hydration of cement and attendant volume change to minimize cracking."
Concrete has similar thermal properties to masonry products, in that it has a relatively high thermal mass and is a good conductor of heat. In some special cases, the thermal properties of concrete have been employed, for example as a heatsink in nuclear power plants or a thermal buffer in industrial freezers. [6]
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