-
Heal Thyself!
A concrete that mends itself? Well perhaps. Microbiologist Henk Jonkers working alongside concrete technologist Eric Schlangen at Delft Technical University have added dehydrated limestone-producing bacterial spores to a concrete mix. If the concrete should crack, allowing in water — which over time erodes the concrete and corrodes any exposed steel reinforcement — presto! these spores wake up and start industriously producing limestone to plug the cracks. But don’t get too excited: it’s still undergoing tests and any commercial application is two or three years off.
Henk Jonkers explaining the concept of Bio-Concrete (Video: TU Delft).
-
Search
-
FIND PRODUCTS
PRODUCT GROUP
- Building Materials
- Building Panels
- Building technology
- Façade
- Fittings
- Heating, Cooling, Ventilation
- Interior
- Roof
- Sanitary facilities
MANUFACTURER
- 3A Composites
- Alape
- Armstrong
- Caparol
- Eternit
- FSB
- Gira
- Hagemeister
- JUNG
- Kaldewei
- Lamberts
- Leicht
- Solarlux
- Steininger Designers
- Stiebel Eltron
- Velux
- Warema
- Wilkhahn
FEATURED
-
Follow Us
Tumblr
New and existing Tumblr users can connect with uncube and share our visual diary.
»I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?«
Philip Johnson
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Skip Articles
- Turn Pages
- Contents