Sakshi Education
- Single-use masks that were being used during the pandemic are now turning out to be an environmental problem and researchers have demonstrated a way of incorporating these masks into a mixture of cement to create more durable and stronger concrete.
- If not reused the disposable masks do not decay for decades and thus they pose a risk to the ecosystem.
- In a paper that was published in the journal named Materials Letters, researchers have demonstrated that the mixture that was made using mask materials was 47 percent stronger than the cement that is commonly used.
- Zhipeng Li, a graduate student in WSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has led this study.
- US Department of Transportation’s National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension funded this study.
Published date : 30 Apr 2022 06:18PM
