Title:
Development of UHPC with Low Carbon Cements - The Approach of the Heurope Funded Sincere Project
Author(s):
Liberato Ferrara
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Web Session
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Date:
10/26/2025
Abstract:
Presentations will provide state-of-the-art information regarding workability and reactivity of low-carbon binders. Recently, many low-carbon binders have been developed from thermal, mechanochemical, leaching, and CO2 uptake processes. These can behave differently from conventional supplementary cementitious materials. High reactivity materials can result from such processes, but they often have high specific surface, and thus have high water demand. Thus, for engineered supplementary cementitious materials and other similar binders, balancing workability and reactivity is key. Presentations will address issues in designing mixtures containing low carbon binders in relation to balancing the requirements to achieve acceptable workability in one hand, and in the other hand, achieving the necessary reactivity. Blended materials, further processing, modifications of w/cm, use of specific admixtures, grinding aids, and other related strategies are of interest.. The audience would be researchers, material suppliers, and practitioners.