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Materials

Concrete / cement

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

Accelerated Weathering Laboratory: Metrology and Technology Transfer

Ongoing
Objective - To maintain, improve and expand capabilities at the NIST Accelerated Weathering Laboratory (AWL) to conduct safe, accurate and traceable aging experiments, develop materials degradation databases, and to transfer the SPHERE technology to industrial stakeholders. What is the new technical

Carbon Capture, Use, and Sequestration

Ongoing
NIST develops benchmark materials, measurements, data, and models to accelerate innovation in and validate performance of materials and technologies for carbon capture and carbon sequestration in building materials.
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Advanced Cements and Concretes Consortium

Ongoing
For more information visit the NIST Carbon Capture and Carbon Sequestration project page. consortium goals The initial focus of this consortium is to evaluate, develop, and standardize methods to characterize and quantify the carbon and carbonates in new cements and concretes. Test methods to

Publications

Software

MicroChar

MicroChar

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) Accurate quantitative data on cement and clinker microstructure images can prove valuable for

Awards