Outside the window, a light December breeze gently ruffles the fittings at the construction site.
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Curiosity, the engine of the desire to experiment. Last time I showed you that the aerated concrete block, with a mass of 30 kg. can swim. And also recorded how much moisture he "drinks". To whom this information will be useful I will leave the link there⇓
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After that experiment, I did not take it out of the water. There was a great desire to know when it would sink. Therefore, he was on a leash, continued to telepate in the water on the waves.
But unfortunately, as it happens in Russia, winter has suddenly come. And the ice forged our experimental silicate, gas-filled block.
In the photo below, you can see it up close.
Eh, a little more and he would have drowned. Ice couldn't hold him down. By the way, by dates, from photos. I managed to find out that the block was hanging in the water for a month and it could not drown.
I decided to free the building material from the chains of ice. 10 minutes of work with an ax and here it is... I wanted to say safe and sound. But this is not the case:
It split from powerful natural forces.
Part of the gas block crumbled. And one piece went on an independent journey.
I left this piece of building material soaked in water in the cold for 10 days. I expected to be torn apart from the inside. I show its surface before frost.
In Photoshop I joined two photos together so that you can estimate the degree of destruction for yourself.
Visually, the block, as it was destroyed by the ice outside, remained so. But there are doubts. The block may crumble after thawing. And what do you think?
Conclusion: They do not need to equip berths. But seriously. Then direct contact with water, as in this experiment, and freezing are dangerous for this material.
A familiar foreman joked: "Dip the gas block into the water, check it floats or not." And I took it and did it. The result surprised me