{"id":202120,"date":"2024-12-21T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T03:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/3d-printing-technique-traps-co2-in-concrete-boosts-strength-by-45"},"modified":"2024-12-21T21:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T03:09:04","slug":"3d-printing-technique-traps-co2-in-concrete-boosts-strength-by-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/3d-printing-technique-traps-co2-in-concrete-boosts-strength-by-45","title":{"rendered":"3D printing technique traps CO2 in concrete, boosts strength by 45%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/3d-printing-technique-traps-co2-in-concrete-boosts-strength-by-452.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have pioneered a 3D concrete printing method that captures and stores carbon dioxide, marking a major step toward reducing the construction industry\u2019s environmental footprint.<\/p>\n<p>The innovative technique offers a promising solution to mitigate cement\u2019s massive carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The process works by integrating CO\u2082 and steam\u2014byproducts of industrial processes\u2014into the concrete mix during 3D printing. As the material is printed, CO\u2082 reacts with components in the concrete, forming a solid, stable compound that remains locked within the structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have pioneered a 3D concrete printing method that captures and stores carbon dioxide, marking a major step toward reducing the construction industry\u2019s environmental footprint. The innovative technique offers a promising solution to mitigate cement\u2019s massive carbon emissions. The process works by integrating CO\u2082 and steam\u2014byproducts of industrial [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}