Silica coated expanded polystyrene/cement composites with improved fire resistance, smoke suppression and mechanical strength

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) particles coated with silica by using epoxy resin as a binder were prepared, and the coated EPS (CEPS) particles were mixed with cement, water and other ingredients to fabricate the cement composites. With an increase in the content of the CEPS particles, the mechanical strengths of the cement composites decrease, and the thermal conductivity of the cement composites firstly decreases and then increases. It is also...