OT: Roman Concrete and Mineralization

DMB
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edited November 2024 in English Forum

I'm always curious, in this case not the Roman cement hardening (well discussed in Logos resources), but rather, the chemistry and lower temperatures that Roman engineers worked with. Portland cement does chew up some serious heat.

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-geoscientist-unlocks-secrets-of-indestructible-roman-concrete/article_0b9f3bd9-506f-55ce-8e73-3d6bad382706.html 

"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

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