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Stephen Touron

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They actually said that they only expected 60% to survive. That still makes it an impressive feat.
8 years ago
A while ago, I was wondering about the same thing and I found this:

http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Effect-of-Roof-Material-on-Water-Quality-for-Rainwater-Harvesting-Systems.pdf

They actually tested different roofing materials for a variety of chemicals. The first tests were small mock-ups but they later tested several full sized roofs.
8 years ago
Unfortunately, I don't have anything readily available. I went through an engineering school that, at the time, won an award for concrete research. This question did come up because the fly ash contains mercury.

There is a lot of research on this because of how often concrete is used for everything. There is some leaching but it is extremely slow and extremely low levels. This is why it is allowed to be used for drinking water tanks and pipes.

Keep in mind this is also only with fly ash concrete (and maybe blast furnace slag concrete). The fly ash is usually only like 5% of the total mix and most of it is also non-toxic. Normal concrete is non-toxic.

Fly ash is not an inert filler in concrete. It chemically reacts with cement and water to form minerals (just like cement does) and this helps lock up many of the metals in it.

If you google it you can find a lot of articles. If you go to google scholar, you will also find a lot but most of it they will want you to pay for. Here is one that I found while searching.

http://infohouse.p2ric.org/ref/45/44766.pdf


9 years ago
Concrete is the new 2 most used resource on the planet (after water), so it gets studied...a lot. Most studies have found that the chemicals do not leach from concrete, they are tied up in the cement matrix. This includes fly ash (which has mercury and other heavy metals). Concrete, even with fly ash or blast furnace slag, has been deemed safe enough to use in the pipes for drinking water.
9 years ago