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  • Researchers develop a five-minute quality test for sustainable cement industry materials

    Feb 12, 2025 9:45 am by Lois YoksoulianInnovation
    construction worker does a traditional 'slump test' of cement on a building site. Photo by Loughborough University

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    • construction worker does a traditional 'slump test' of cement on a building site. Photo by Loughborough University

    This development is poised to advance the use of next-generation resources called supplementary cementitious materials — or SCMs — by speeding up the quality-check process before leaving the production floor.