Year: 2017

Know your cement, get greener concrete

by ETH Zurich An international team of scientists has created a new database of molecular dynamics models that simulate the properties of cement in all its varieties. It’s intended to help fine-​tune this component of concrete and curtail emissions in its manufacturing process.Cement is used to bind concrete, the most-​used construction material in the world (…)

Database clarifies bottom-up design of cement

The database is called cemff, for Cement Force Fields. It gathers methods for simulating force-field parameters for the various types of inorganic minerals present in cement, which is used to bind concrete, the most-used construction material in the world. In this case, the force field is the collection of parameters scientists use to build computer models of atomic (…)

Ecological cement