Hydraulically setting shaped brick, particularly for construction, and method for its production

Abstract

With hydraulically setting shaped brick, particularly for construction, composed of (a) 4 to 30% by weight hydraulically or similarly acting binding agent, such as cement, high-hydraulic lime, lime or hydraulically reacting plastic or mixtures thereof; (b) about 60 to 95% by weight mineral aggregate material; and (c) 0 to 10% by weight other additions, the raw material basis is extended with regard to aggregate material, and deposited amounts of country rock from mining are reduced, since the aggregate material is composed of country rock (mining waste material) from mining, particularly hard coal mining, with a grain size up to 15 mm and a finest grain portion under 0.2 mm from 10 to 45% by weight. To produce the shaped brick, the mixture is shaped and then hardened. Through particular choice of granulation and density, the mining waste material can be adjusted to desired quality characteristics and the physical characteristics of the shaped brick varied, corresponding to utility.

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