Abstract
The present status of the cement and concrete industry is not sustainable. The production of Portland cement is responsible for 7% of the CO2 emissions in the world and existing reinforced concrete infrastructure is deteriorating at a fast pace. The change in the existing technology requires new developments in our understanding of the nanostructure of hydration products and the complex deterioration reactions. We have been developing an elaborate research program to advance the existing cement and concrete science by characterizing its nanostructure by synchrotron radiation. A new generation of green cements is being studied using high-resolution soft x-ray microscopy at the nano-level.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 10th International Conference on X-Ray Microscopy |
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
| Pages | 351-356 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780735409255 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 16 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-06-23Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-l1-004021
Acknowledgements: This publication was based on work supported in part by Award No. KUS-l1-004021, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The operation of the soft X-ray microscope at the Advanced Light Source is supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Ana Paula Kirchheim acknowledges the financial support of CAPES and CNPq from Brazil.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.