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AZoBuild talks to Professors Noguchi and Maruyama about their research and development of Calcium Carbonate Concrete (CCC), a new material that has the potential to cause a sustainable revolution in the construction industry.
A new variety of concrete capable of reducing emissions can benefit the construction industry. Calcium carbonate concrete is produced from waste concrete and carbon dioxide from the air or industrial exhaust gases. It seems to be a potential construction material of the future, specifically in places where natural resources are limited.
The new building material is a combination of concrete waste and carbon dioxide, which undergoes the same process aquatic animals endure when hardening into fossils overtime.
A new kind of concrete could reduce emissions from the construction industry. Calcium carbonate concrete is made from waste concrete and carbon
Ippei Maruyama, Nagoya University, and Chubu Electric Power Co. A rare mineral that has allowed Roman concrete marine barriers to survive for more than 2,000 years has been found in the thick concrete walls of a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Japan. The formation of aluminous tobermorite increased the strength of the walls more than three times their design strength, Nagoya University researchers and colleagues report in the journal Materials and Design. The finding could help scientists develop stronger and more eco-friendly concrete. “We found that cement hydrates and rock-formin...