An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia ...
𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘜𝘭𝘧𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦'𝘦𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯; 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106