permacrete
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0243
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: An artificial mixture of frozen soil materials cemented by pore ice, which forms a concrete-like construction material used in cold regions.
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When soils of appropriate gradation are brought to their saturation moisture content, mixed and compacted to maximum density and then frozen, a material of relatively high strength is obtained so long as it is kept frozen. Permacrete has been moulded in brick or block form or placed in forms and used for construction (e.g., of walls and columns, both underground in tunnels, mines, etc., and on the ground surface in a freezing environment).
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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