Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
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Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
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Re: Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
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#3Seems to me a great idea!
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#4But is it cheaper? (or could it be)
Wood, stone, pretty much everything is stronger than concrete. We use concrete because it's strong enough and cheap (and doesn't rot like wood, but a lot of things don't rot so that's not too novel).
Re: Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
#5But is it cheaper? (or could it be) Wood, stone, pretty much everything is stronger than concrete. We use concrete because it's strong enough and cheap (and doesn't rot like wood, but a lot of things don't rot so that's not too novel).
Two points:
1. The article says its "cheap" for what that's worth.
2. This IS concrete. It's a mixture of sand as aggregate and plastic as a cement AKA binding agent.
Re: Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
#6But is it cheaper? (or could it be) Wood, stone, pretty much everything is stronger than concrete. We use concrete because it's strong enough and cheap (and doesn't rot like wood, but a lot of things don't rot so that's not too novel).
> and doesn't rot like wood
Unless you get an alkali silica reaction (aka concrete cancer).
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#7This is brilliant. It's like asphalt, which is just concrete (cement, sand and lime) with some of the cement replaced with oil/tar. This is that same idea but using plastic not oil/tar.
Truly brilliant. It's a new type of composite building material.
Re: Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
#8Saw this on Business Insider on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFcPqXxAUWM
Re: Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
#9When the concrete weathers, will the plastic in the bricks turn into micro-plastic?
Re: Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
#10This is a great way to get microplastic through abrasion into even more places within the foodchain.
Wonder if it burns nicely too, plastic after all is "frozen gasoline" - here mixed with sand.
/debbiedowner