Set in stone? A perspective on the concrete sustainability challenge

As the most abundant engineered material on Earth, concrete is essential to the physical infrastructure of all modern societies. There are no known materials that can replace concrete in terms of cost and availability. There are, however, environmental concerns, including the significant CO2 emissio...

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Main Authors: Vliet, Krystyn Van J. (Contributor), Buehler, Markus J. (Contributor), Grossman, Jeffrey C. (Contributor), Jennings, Hamlin Manson (Contributor), Ulm, Franz-Josef (Contributor), Yip, Sidney (Contributor), Pellenq, Roland (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (Materials Research Society), 2013-03-05T19:20:02Z.
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