Abstract
Magnesium oxide (MgO) construction boards are currently being used to replace fibre cement boards in various construction applications. This include usage in external claddings where reports of hygroscopic degradation were linked to presence of residual chlorides originating from the manufacturing process. The industry has responded with new products that are being marketed as Magnesium Oxysulphate (MOS) boards that are still essentially MgO based but are manufactured from non-chloride precursor. In this paper the hygroscopic performance of the new MOS based MgO is compared with some other commercially Chloride containing samples. It is shown that MOS based samples exhibited lower water absorption comparable to fibre cement boards. No evidence of chloride in the new MOS based MgO boards was found by Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS). Small angle neutron scattering (SANS), of dry samples and hydrated samples using deuterated water and normal water showed that the better hygroscopic properties of MOS based MgO board was not related to structural morphological modification and are more likely due to the absence of residual chloride in the new generation MgO boards.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Advances in Manufacturing Processes, Intelligent Methods and Systems in Production Engineering - Progress in Application of Intelligent Methods and Systems in Production Engineering |
Editors | Andre Batako, Anna Burduk, Kanisius Karyono, Xun Chen, Ryszard Wyczólkowski |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
Pages | 390-401 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030905316 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2022 |
Event | Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management, GCMM 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 7 Jun 2021 → 9 Jun 2021 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems |
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Volume | 335 LNNS |
ISSN (Print) | 2367-3370 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2367-3389 |
Conference
Conference | Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management, GCMM 2021 |
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City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 7/06/21 → 9/06/21 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements. The authors acknowledge AINSE for awarding grant No. 8285 to carry out neutron diffraction studies at ANSTO.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.