Decoding cement's shape promises greener concrete

Decoding cement's shape promises greener concrete Houston TX (SPX) Dec 12, 2016 - Bringing order to disorder is key to making stronger and greener cement, the paste that binds concrete. Scientists at Rice University have decoded the kinetic properties of cement and developed a way to "program" the microscopic, semicrystalline particles within. The process turns particles from disordered clumps into regimented cubes, spheres and other forms that combine to make the material le ... more

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