Extremely Durable and Low-Cost Concrete: Ultralow Binder Content and Ultrahigh Tensile Ductility

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Program:
Exploratory Topics
Award:
$1,321,424
Location:
La Jolla, California
Status:
ALUMNI
Project Term:
09/27/2019 - 03/31/2022

Technology Description:

Develop ultralow-binder-content ductile concrete (UDC), a low-cost, highly durable, strong, energy-efficient, and low-emission infrastructural material. UDC will be lower cost, greater ductility, and longer lifetime than ordinary portland cement.

Contact

ARPA-E Program Director:
Dr. Joseph King
Project Contact:
Dr. Yu Qiao
Press and General Inquiries Email:
ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov
Project Contact Email:
yqiao@ucsd.edu

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Release Date:
05/09/2019