Researchers while assembling metal particles have developed a metallic material which can be molded into putty and then hardened like pottery. It can also help in bringing down the carbon dioxide emissions produced during the manufacturing stage. Researchers at MIT have found that it is the packing density and not the chemical nature of C-S-H nanoparticles which gives properties to cement. Substituting it with another material can eliminate the need of hot kiln firing which leads to pollution. Magnesium can serve as a replacement for calcium.
Researchers have developed a chemical scheme in which case the nanoparticles are self assembled into putty like material which can be molded into another any shape. When heated at fifty degrees it gets hardened like pottery and does not even produce any carbon dioxide. This has opened up the opportunity for producing new metallic electrically conducting materials which can be used for a number of purposes.
Via: usatoday
