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This is a thing not because it adds strength or sustainability. We produce way too much corn and they are looking for ways to use them up.


Producing less corn rather than subsidizing it is the better way to go.

This just seems like another fake-green boondoggle, similar to ethanol.


Unclear on that first point. The authors claim 26 MPa for CoRncrete, which is about the same as the higher end of the range of concrete (~28 MPa) but much cheaper. On the other hand, it sounds like the paper's saying it's also much less durable.


I wouldn't count anything under 40 MPA as "high strength concrete" at all. Thats where high strength concrete starts for me. High strength concrete mixes can go up to 180-200 MPA although thats some crazy specialty stuff for very niche uses.

25 mpa concrete is "i'm doing my driveway" concrete or "I bought a bag at home depot" concrete not high strength concrete.




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