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Materials

Concrete / cement

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

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Low Carbon Cements and Concretes Consortium

Ongoing
Cement is one of the most widely used materials and a critical component of roads, bridges, and buildings. Cement manufacturing is also a major contributor to carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions through both energy use and calcination reactions. To help meet net zero climate goals, industry is
Photograph of SRM 114r Portland Cement Fineness Standard showing labeled mylar bag and vial.

Continuing Support of Cement Manufacturing

Ongoing
NIST SRMs for Portland cement and related materials are the de facto world standards for validation of analytical methods for testing of cement for compliance with manufacturing specifications and for qualification of laboratories throughout the supply chain, including cement plants, construction

Engineered Materials for Resilient Infrastructure Program

Ongoing
Objective - To develop and deploy measurement science to reliably assess the current and future performance of engineered materials in support of resilient infrastructure given exposure to chronic (e.g., materials degradation) and episodic (e.g., earthquakes) hazards. What is the technical idea? 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
Cement Particle Screenshot

CEMHYD3D

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) Version 1.0 of CEMHYD3D included three computer programs (statsimp.c, corrcalc.c, and corrxy2r.c)

Concrete Electrical Conductivity Test

(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The purpose of this form is to compute the results of a bulk electrical conductivity of concrete

Awards