Calcium chloride is the most effective and least expensive cold weather accelerator for concrete. But its use may be limited by building codes or prohibited by some specifications. Contractors ...

Cement manufacturing and repair could be significantly improved by using biocement-producing bacteria, but growing the ...

The convenience of canned tomatoes often comes with the cost of an added metallic flavor. This one ingredient can help remove ...

It is not just Wisconsin’s lakes that need protecting — rising levels of salt in water wells could affect those with sodium ...

Sodium becomes a positive ion and chlorine becomes a negative ion. The positive and negative ions attract each other and form the ionic compound sodium chloride. One calcium and two chlorine atoms are ...

Cement manufacturing and repair could be significantly improved by using biocement-producing bacteria, but growing the microbes at construction sites remains a challenge. Now, researchers report a ...