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Since Elsevier is hiding the meat in that journal article, I can only go off what I read, but it looks identically flawed.

• Compressive strength of normal concrete: 25-50MPa

• Compressive strength of their slag concrete with 2h CO2 added: 12MPa

• Compressive strength of their slag concrete with 24h CO2 added: 24.3MPa

My takeaway:

Using slag instead of cement = good idea.

Using slag OR cement plus CO2 = bad idea.



BTW: You can access most scientific articles through sci-hub: https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...


I'm following as a layperson, can you explain how to reach your takeaway from the bullets presented? It seems like #3 is almost identical to low-end normal concrete, so "good idea". Not sure what "24h" vs "2h" refers to though.


Difference is that compressive strength generally decreases over time. Here we have a product where it increases over time. Changes the equation on how you build and maintain it.




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