Comments on: Researchers uncover the ‘secret sauce’ in Roman concrete /dcn/news/resource/2023/12/researchers-uncover-the-secret-sauce-in-roman-concrete аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023's construction news Sat, 16 Dec 2023 23:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shawn B /dcn/news/resource/2023/12/researchers-uncover-the-secret-sauce-in-roman-concrete#comment-67736 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 23:02:34 +0000 /?p=352200#comment-67736 Sounds good but if the calcium deposits are healing themselves it cause they’re breaking themselves into smaller pieces filling in the cracks in between the larger ones, while this keeps the intact appearance, over time will compromise the overall durability of the concrete, a much larger possibility of sudden failure. I think this method would do best in tandem with modern rebar reinforced construction, as an outer layer. Modern concrete may flake and look ugly and require parging to maintain, but it’s still structurally sound. Try subsonically testin ghee pantheon I bet it’s very porous.

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By: Carolyn Dry /dcn/news/resource/2023/12/researchers-uncover-the-secret-sauce-in-roman-concrete#comment-67360 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:30:34 +0000 /?p=352200#comment-67360 This self repairing aspect is very much like adding releasable calcium carbonate particles which is activated by watee. I demonstrated this in my VPI PhD dissertation in 1990

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