Recently, static expansive demolition agents are developed originally in Japan. These agents make progress in the field of demolition of concrete structures becouse it does not cause any flyrock, ground vibration, gas, dust or any other environmental pollution. The constitution of these agents is CaO or CaO-SiO
2 or other expansive material by hydration. The powder of agent is mixed with water and a bored hole is filled by its sully. This paper deals with the following items on the demolition agents: the mechanism of expansion of these agents, the principle of prevention of gun-phenomenon, and the influence of the lapse of time, temperature, diameter of bore hole, water-expansive material ratio on the expansive pressure, and the mechanism of cracking by the static expansive demolition agent.
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