Posted on 05/28/2016 11:29:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I thought we had figured out the romans formula for concrete.
Partial list of Concrete Ingredients.
1. Jimmy Hoffa...
We need a more modern, lightweight, and easy to handle material in which to make the next generation’s version of soviet style cinderblock housing for the masses.
Lol.
One shouldn’t laugh at such a thing but a guffaw just popped out :-)
Yes, the Romans used the volcanic ash they were talking about.
Well yeah, got to consider biodegradable ingredients these days...........
I’d be happy if my driveway didn’t crack.
At least I know I remembered this right then.
A. Take contents of 5 Michelle Obama’s Healthy Lunches,
B. Take copy of ObamaCare for Dummies, by J. Gruber (out of print) Send book through shredder to create a buoyant ballast.
C. Mix both Lunches and shredded paper with 1 pint of 100 degree, recently distilled water,
D. Put in Blender on Puree for 57 seconds.
E. Quickly pour contents into metal molds or receptacles.
F. Place in direct sun or under heat lamp for 8 hours to firm.
G. Enjoy your new bricks! (DO NOT EAT THESE BRICKS)
You can get a sealer that will really help prevent that.
These guys are full of beans.
Portland cement is produced by heating massive amounts of raw material into something called clink, this clink undergoes a chemical reaction which gives it binding powers.
It’s crushed into a fine powder and that is Portland cement that when combined with water and aggregate form concrete.
You could never get seashells and bones in the massive amounts necessary to produce enough clink to meet the demand for concrete.
Modern cement plants have been steadily reducing the amount of energy they use to produce clink as new plants come online using preheat and other methods.
These guys are just hunting for Grant money, their ideas are impractical.
This article sounded like a lot of bs essentially saying, let’s look for better ingredients for concrete.
Looks like an opening for nanotech.
Ah, that raw material you’re talking about is limestone, i.e., seashells.
I am currently doing that and achieved a passing grade for a certificate due in some weeks. :)
These guys are talking sea sponges and other limited quantity materials, limestone is readily available.
This is the type of raw material in addition to limestone, from wiki:
. The major raw material for the clinker-making is usually limestone mixed with a second material containing clay as source of alumino-silicate. Normally, an impure limestone which contains clay or silicon dioxide (SiO2) is used. The calcium carbonate (CaCO3) content of these limestones can be as low as 80%. Second raw materials (materials in the rawmix other than limestone) depend on the purity of the limestone. Some of the second raw materials used are: clay, shale, sand, iron ore, bauxite, fly ash and slag. The clinker surface and its reactions in different electrolytic solutions are investigated by scanning electron microscope and atomic force microscopy.[2]
When the Greenies got DDT outlawed, the market for insect protection became flooded with dozens of “new” replacement products that were and are absolutely worthless. Watch for Portland cement to be “outlawed” and then the construction industry will be flooded with useless alternatives that will cause major structural failure. Also remember the O-rings on the Challenger disaster. Made of chemicals that were environmentally “sound”. Goddamn these meddling liberal bastards.
Add Jimmy Carter, Pelosi, Reid, Ryan etc for aggregate and then toss in Obama and you could have Concrete with more Properties than Trump Owns.
It would BE THE BEST CONCRETE EVER, TRUST ME!, THE BEST!!!
maybe we can just get cinder block and say it identifies as concrete!
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