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Tangentially related. This company using graphene laced concrete to reduce the amount of cement required. And eliminating steel. New product called "Concretene".

[0]https://twitter.com/Paul_Denney/status/1397132479144812544

[1]https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/glouces...

>>tonyle+(OP)
> graphene

Graphene has its own set of problems. Namely, it can be toxic to humans. [1] And who knows what massive quantities of graphene in concrete will do to an environment 10-20 years after the building's construction. Even demolition with explosives will probably be problematic due to potentially massive clouds of nanoparticles it could create.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039077/

>>Jerry2+E1
Graphene isn't persistent though - it burns.

>>tonyle+(OP)
The contractor I used on a remodel spoke of carbon fiber reinforced concrete, which I googled, and it's called "carboconcrete". It is described as, "a highly stressable lightweight composite construction that combines special fine grain ultra high-strength concrete and carbon fibers."

>>XorNot+32
So does plastic.

>>XorNot+32
In the context of building materials that's not a good thing

>>Jerry2+E1
> Namely, it can be toxic to humans

Uhhhh the rest of the stuff in Concrete isn't great for human health, either, or as my cousin likes to say, "it sure ain't vitamins."

Quartz dust and silica sand are really bad for the lungs, likely carcinogens. Lime is caustic. Dust in general is bad to breathe.

These are well-known hazards in demolition and mitigation techniques already exist.

>>kortex+Rb
I never said it was. I'm saying that adding carbon nonoparticles will only make matters much worse.