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FerroCement Advantages and Disadvantages - Niyati Gupta - 08-12-2014

FerroCement Advantage

Greater Tensile strength

Provide better resistance to fire, earthquake, and corrosion than traditional materials, such as wood, adobe and stone masonry in residential construction

The materials are relatively inexpensive, and can usually be obtained locally.

Only a few simple hand tools are needed to build uncomplicated structures

Repairs are usually easy and inexpensive

Structure can take any shape & size

FerroCement Disadvantage

Its poor impact resistance

Structures made of it can be punctured by forceful collision with pointed objects.

It is not possible to nail, screw, or weld to Ferrocement

Meticulous building precision is crucial in ferrocement construction especially with respect to the cement composition and the way in which it is applied in and on the framework.

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