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> That said roman concrete is a thing they've been chasing for a while Roman concrete isn't some magical substance that we're hoping to replicate - we already
by valarauko 5y ago
> That said roman concrete is a thing they've been chasing for a while
Roman concrete isn't some magical substance that we're hoping to replicate - we already know how it works - it just would really suck for the type of building projects we have now.
- grogenaut 5y agoAah, I thought we were trying to replicate it or one of it's properties still, maybe in the context of modern concrete. Would love to know more.
- valarauko 5y agoUnfortunately a lot of the discussion online regarding Roman concrete veers uncomfortably into a rather, shall we say, "supremacist" angle. For a level discussion about Roman concrete, I found this to a nice place to start. http://engineeringrome.org/understanding-roman-concrete/#Ancient%20Roman%20Concrete http://engineeringrome.org/understanding-roman-concrete/#Anc...
- elihu 5y agoIn my (probably flawed) understanding, I think the drawbacks of Roman concrete in a modern setting is that it takes a really long time to cure (like a year or so) and it uses salt water, which would not interact well with regular steel rebar.