Cement is the world's most widely used material apart from water, largely because it is the key ingredient in concrete, the world's favourite building material.
Engineering
Aug 22, 2017
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Future coastal defences, harbours and ports could enhance biodiversity within the marine environment through the use of cement substitutes. But the materials used need to be selected carefully in order that native and non-native ...
Ecology
Aug 10, 2017
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The first experiment placed on Diamond's Long Duration Experimental (LDE) facility, on beamline I11, has now been in place for 1,000 days. The experiment, led by Dr Claire Corkhill from the University of Sheffield, has used ...
General Physics
Jul 3, 2017
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Researchers in the UPV/EHU's Department of Analytical Chemistry have published a study in which they analyse cemented sand formations that contain industrial waste produced as a result of metallurgical activities. These beachrocks ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2017
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Steel production generates some hundred million tons of steel slag worldwide each year. This giant mountain of leftovers is largely dumped. TU/e professor of building materials, Jos Brouwers, will be working with industrial ...
Engineering
Dec 1, 2016
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If widely adopted, a new approach to making cement could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, help address global warming, produce a more durable concrete, and save industry time and significant ...
Engineering
Apr 29, 2016
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An improved concrete product known as PrimeComposite has taken the global market by storm; with impressive reductions in volume required compared with traditional concrete, as well as superior mechanical properties, it offers ...
Engineering
Jan 18, 2016
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The cement industry is one of the largest sources worldwide of carbon emissions, accounting for around five per cent of global emissions. New technologies being developed by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ...
Environment
Jun 12, 2015
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A city government in southern China has revoked approval of a planned waste incinerator in response to protests, in the latest case of local authorities bowing to a public outcry over health concerns.
Environment
Apr 9, 2015
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Researchers at the ETH Zurich have unraveled the microscopic mechanism behind shear thickening: the increase in viscosity with speed observed for dense particle suspensions under flow. The study has a direct impact on the ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 1, 2013
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