Litracon™ presents the
phenomenon of light transmitting concrete in the form of a widely applicable
new building material.
Litracon™ is a
combination of optical fibres and fine concrete. It can be produced as prefabricated building
blocks and panels. Due to the small size
of the fibres, they blend into concrete becoming a component of the material
like small pieces of aggregate. In this
manner, the result is not only two materials - glass in concrete - mixed, but a
third, new material, which is homogeneous in its inner structure and on its
main surfaces as well.
The glass fibres lead
light by points between the two sides of the blocks. Because of their parallel position, the
light-information on the brighter side of such a wall appears unchanged on the
darker side. The most interesting form of this phenomenon is probably the sharp
display of shadows on the opposing side of the wall. Moreover, the colour of
the light also remains the same.
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