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Article: Another mix option: portland cement substitute yields economic, environmental, and durability benefits.(What's New)(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- The Concrete Producer
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Dan Walker, president of Texas EMC Products, has an idea other producers may want to know about. Using a specially modified fly ash to replace at least half of the portland cement in concrete can reduce your material costs while also providing a more durable product. Also, recycling this waste product of coal combustion further strengthens the argument that concrete is environmentally friendly.
A new plant under construction in Texas will produce a more reactive fly ash using a patented technology developed in Sweden. Concrete producers can use the Energetically Modified Cement (EMC) material, called CemPozz, to replace up to 60% of the portland cement in a ...