Sustainable concrete with biomass additions: a possible benefit for the environment
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https://doi.org/10.30973/inventio/2025.21.53/2Keywords:
ash, biomass, sustainable concrete, CO2 emissions, structural concrete, self-repairing concreteAbstract
Concrete is the most demanded building material worldwide due to its cost, ease to obtain its components, and the great diversity of shapes it can be molded. Its main component is cement; however, its production generates large amounts of co2 emissions that have an impact on global warming. Currently, regulatory agencies of pollutant emissions are getting stricter with countries in order to reduce co2 emissions in the industry. One of the alternatives to reduce these emissions is adding biomass to the concrete mix in order to obtain concrete that is just as resistant but uses a lower percentage of cement.
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