can any one give a proof or refrence?
here there are two different answers: yes and no!!!!
stewart seems more reasonable. but which one is true??
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "ElfNori" <elf@...> wrote:
>
> The opposite is actually documented. Compressing papercrete
increases the insulative values per inch.
>
> Just so we're all clear . . . the gurus say . . . compressed
papercrete is stronger AND more insulative. As a caveat, I do believe
the strength quoted was compressive, not tensile.
>
> ElfN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Curtis Stewart
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 3:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: pressing the paperconcrete
>
>
> Pressing the PC makes it more dense. This compresses the structure
and makes it much stronger. Howevver, with the compression can come
some loss in insulation as you are removing the air in the block.
>
> To test this get a handfull fo PC and make a ball. Bout the size
of a softball. Just round it out but do not compress it. Take another
ball of PC and start squeezing the bejebbers out of it. Keep adding PC
to it until it is roughly the same size as the other ball. Let them
dry for 10-12 days and see which one you can pull apart with your hands.
>
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