Low-carbon cement
Workshop description
Topic: fibre and particle technology
Language: English
Come and learn how circular economy and industrial by-products can offer concrete solutions to combat climate change in cement production.
Did you know that concrete is the world’s second most widely used material after water, and that the production of cement, the main ingredient in concrete, causes significant carbon dioxide emissions? Cement production accounts for 5 to 10 percent of global CO2 emissions. Climate change challenges have accelerated research into the development of alternative, low-carbon materials.
Workshop activities: What causes cement’s high carbon dioxide emissions? What is alkali activation, and how can it be applied?
Practical experience: Practical experience: in the workshop, students will create a cement-replacing material using industrial by-products.
Role models: during the workshops, students can talk with researchers about their studies, career paths, and work as researchers.
Organiser: Fibre and Particle Technology Research Group, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu
Time: 12:15-13:30 (first group) and 13:45-15:00 (second group)
Number of participants: 6/group