In 2012,
four billion tons of cement were produced worldwide. This makes concrete the product most consumed by humans.
Compared to many other materials, producing cement is very ecological.
But with several billions of tons produced each year, the cement industry becomes a major contributor to global CO2 emissions.
To reduce its impact, we can substitute a part of cement by supplementary cementitious materials.
Our new course, cement chemistry and sustainable construction materials,
will introduce you using lectures and tutorials, the basics of cement hydration
and how to develop and characterize low-carbon cement.
This course will be divided into two major phases. The cement chemistry during the first four weeks.
Then the last two weeks will focus on the use of x-ray diffraction for the analysis of low carbon cements.
Professor Scrivener, her team and Dr Snellings, researcher at VITO, hope to find you all there.