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Why Roman concrete is still stronger than RAAC (and other modern concretes)
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Thank you. This is a part of the whole trad mess, where they basically claim that everything was better for reasons and we should all turn back to the traditional values like bigotry and slavery. A fun mess where I lose my shit with anger - your answer is wonderful.
This article is literally about doing research to better understand the chemistry behind the self healing properties of Roman concrete to maybe use the findings to improve modern concrete. This is the aspect which I find so interesting : the chemistry. Literally no one is talking about going back to traditional values and blah blah. That's something which I personally abhor. Did you even read the article? Where did you find this in the article? Of course titles of articles tend to be over dramatic.
We know about thw chemistry and we know it's not compatible with rebar. So it's just a bunch of wank, ooh the good old times etc