Category: features

Database clarifies bottom-up design of cement

2017-10-12 features, ptg

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 (…)

A new, greener cement to meet future demand

2014-06-28 features, lmc

Cement production is responsible for almost ten percent of human CO2 emissions. Nevertheless, it is one of the most sustainable construction materials. Now, an EPFL-led consortium has received backing from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to speed up the development and testing of a new blend of low-carbon cement. Elaborated with partners (…)