SCIENTISTS at the US-based Blue World Crete have unveiled their newest geo-polymer binding agent for cement – Geo-Blue Crete II.

This cement is a complete low carbon footprint alternative to Ordinary Portland cement (OPC), looking, acting and working like it. It can be distributed in the same way with the same equipment as OPC, at a fraction of the manufacturing cost, the company claims.

Art Galietti, chief operating officer of the company, says: “Our science has changed to reflect the need to control the price to the end-user. We expect that our Geo-Blue Crete II product line will cost about 10 to 15 per cent less than OPC to the end user.”

This new discovery is revolutionary because it is a one-part system, which only requires a simple paddle mixing of its powdered chemical formula at ambient temperatures. No heat is required in its manufacturing process, and it is not dependent on fossil fuels or large kilns for its manufacturing process, as is required in the case of OPC.

“Yet its delivery system remains the same as OPC and the product itself results in a high-performance concrete; 10,000 psi and over is not problem for this wonder crete,” says Galietti.

It is water- and acid-retardant, discourages rebar oxidation, and has a near zero coefficient of expansion, which makes it excellent in below freezing temperatures as well as tropical regions of the world. It does not transfer heat very well, which makes for great insulating properties. And best of all, as it is made of post industrial waste materials, it’s “green”, he states.

Other features of the low-cost, high performance concrete geo-polymer include resistance to water, salt and acid, as opposed to OPC, high tensile strength, as well as high compression strength. It is also less dependent on water in its concrete mix and can reach much greater compression and tensile strengths than its original product line – Geo Blue Crete.

The product can be manufactured in portable plants, which cost about one-tenth of the capital outlay for an equivalent OPC manufacturing plant, according to Galietti.

Readymix concrete manufacturers in Ohio, UAE, and Dubai, UAE, have put Geo-Blue Crete through multiple commercial application tests. Now, with the advent of a low hydrated geo-polymer cement product Geo-Blue Crete II is no longer dependent on a recipe of manufactured chemical mix products, but rather totally independent and reliant only on a generic chemical formulation. Thus the final step in the commercialisation of the Geo-Blue Crete II product has been achieved.

The company is looking for manufacturers and distributors worldwide, and plans for exclusive licensing for manufacturers.