As an added benefit, concrete made with the purified fly ash is also stronger than that made with pure cement. More specifically, when the scientists replaced 30% of the cement in a concrete ...

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. One of the key ingredients in concrete is Portland cement. The American Concrete Institute explains that Portland cement is a ...

Researchers at Rice University are employing flash Joule heating to remove toxic heavy metals from fly ash, a powdery byproduct of coal-based electric power plants that is used frequently in ...

For weeks, the whiteboard in the lab was crowded with scribbles, diagrams, and chemical formulas. A research team across the ...

MIT researchers have created an AI tool that finds eco-friendly materials to replace cement by analyzing multiple parameters.

A US-based startup focused on recycling coal ash, reducing cement emissions, and decarbonizing the concrete industry has given coal ash a surprising second life by helping decarbonize concrete ...

“Ash can be used to replace up to 30% of cement,” Krish Mehta, co-founder and CEO of PHNX Materials, told TechCrunch. By displacing cement in concrete, fly ash from coal plants can eliminate a ...

Humans produce more concrete than any other material on the planet. It is the literal foundation of modern civilization—and for good reason. Concrete is strong, durable, affordable, and ...