Tire rubber aggregate in concrete!
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Just learned about a project being worked on by scientists at Australia's RMIT University in which they have found / developed a way of using tire rubber in concrete. It looks very promising and maybe the project could 'kill two birds with one stone', not that I endorse killing birds in any fashion.
The bottom line is that we reuse tire rubber and mine far less and that has to be welcomed. The link to the article is here,
https://newatlas.com/materials/concrete-100-percent-tire-rubber-aggregate/?ref=thefuturistsAs long as the building wouldn't be prone to wobbling. But again maybe a wobble capable concrete might not be such a mad idea in earthquake zones?
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Thanks for posting..........very interesting and needed. I would love to know the predicted lifespan of this material, I would think that is a key component to its value.
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Hi Liam,
From what I've read it still in the early stages of development, but it looks promising. Used tires are a major pollution problem these days and concrete production has some red line issues in the manufacturing process so this could be a huge winner.
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Interesting. Seem to recall experiments with adding ground-up tires to asphalt….. don’t remember if that really went anywhere.
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