Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0560408

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0560408

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Blended calcium-magnesium binders for improved and more sustainable building materials. The project will explore the potential of new blended calcium-magnesium cements to significantly improve the sustainability and properties of concrete produced with Portland cement (PC). Concrete based on PC contributes to around 10% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide. PC Concrete has many weaknesses such as rapid deterioration when exposed to aggressive environments, delayed reactions and early age cracking caused by shrinkage. The proposed research will investigate ways of using the new binder system to overcome these weaknesses and to reduce carbon dioxide emission. The expected outcome will be a proven technology for manufacturing new building materials that are environmentally more sustainable and with enhanced properties.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $180,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Structural Engineering | Mechanisms Of Reactions

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Materials performance and processes | Cement and concrete materials |

Other Keywords

Cement and concrete materials | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Materials performance and processes | Mechanisms Of Reactions | Structural Engineering

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