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aidenn0yesterday at 8:00 PM1 replyview on HN

Concrete is cement plus aggregate (it doesn't have to be sand; it could be gravel, for example). Coarse aggregates wouldn't work well in this, but it would be cool for a followup video where sand is used.

The wikipedia pages suggests that this is more prolery referred to as "foam mortar" or "foam cement"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam_concrete


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cornholioyesterday at 10:14 PM

You could say the aggregate is air and the cement still performs its role as a binder, it binds all the air bubbles into a stable matrix. Hence "aerated concrete".