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Title: Coffeecrete? Coffee Grounds can make Concrete Stronger
Post by: Brad on August 25, 2023, 06:16:59 PM
Coffee grounds offer performance boost for concrete

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-coffee-grounds-boost-concrete.html
Title: Re: Coffeecrete? Coffee Grounds can make Concrete Stronger
Post by: littleman on August 25, 2023, 07:20:04 PM
I wish they explained a bit more about how coffee grounds do this.  Maybe its the nitrogen?

During WWII the UK & Canada were considering making giant aircraft carriers made from ice and wood pulp, apparently adding wood pulp to ice makes it much stronger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk