🌱 Exciting News! 🌱
We are thrilled to announce that our project, “Advancing Green Construction through Synchrotron Analysis of Calcined Clay Concrete,” has been accepted as part of the ReMade@ARI initiative!
Concrete, mainly made with Portland cement, is a significant CO2 emitter. To address this, industrial by-products and wastes such as recycled waste clays, as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) would be feasible. This approach reduces emissions and supports circular economy principles. However, using calcined clays in concrete presents challenges like reduced early-age strength and impacts on pore structure. Our research focuses on optimizing these aspects by studying reaction kinetics and pore structure development at a very early age.
Thanks to the ReMade@ARI initiative and access to the state-of-the-art XRD and Tomography synchrotron beamlines at the ESRF - The European Synchrotron in Grenoble, France, we’ll be performing in-depth and in-situ chemical and microstructural characterization of cement hydration to better understand and improve the early age behavior of calcined clay concrete. 🌍🔬
A special thanks to Dr. Chamila Gunasekara for his invaluable inspiration and guidance in developing the project proposal. We are also grateful to A/Prof. David Law, Dr. Yunhui Chen, and Dr. Benoit Cordonnier for their contributions and insights to the project. This project is one of many innovative projects at RMIT University, TREMS Hub, and especially thankful to Prof. Professor Sujeeva Setunge for providing the opportunity, guidance, and encouragement.
We would like to extend our appreciation to Dr. Marta Mirolo, Dr Giovanni Fevola, Dr Yi Zhang, and other beamline scientists for their support in refining our project proposal with their valuable feedback. We are excited about the strong collaboration between RMIT University, ESRF - The European Synchrotron, and ReMade@ARI, and we acknowledge ReMade@ARI's efforts in promoting a circular economy.
Looking forward to the journey ahead! 🚀
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