“The concrete industry is under pressure to reduce its carbon emissions from the production of cement,” said Somayeh Nassiri, an associate professor at the University of California, Davis, who led the research at WSU. “By developing these novel admixtures that enhance the strength of concrete, we can help reduce the amount of required cement and lower the carbon emissions of concrete.”
When shrimp shell nanoparticles were mixed into cement paste, the material became substantially stronger researchers propose an innovation that could lead to less seafood waste and fewer carbon dioxide emissions from concrete production.
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