Multiple Benefits from Using Aeternum in Marine Structures
When concrete is made with Aeternum, the intrusion of water – especially salt water – causes chemical reactions that form mineral crystals. These heal the cracks and reinforce the concrete matrix, making it stronger. Aeternum turns a normally destructive force into a beneficial one.
Extended Lifespan and Reduced Maintenance: Structures based on Aeternum could last centuries with minimal intervention, eliminating the need frequent repairs.
Aeternum Can Be Mixed with Fresh Water or Salt Water: Being able to use seawater, which is obviously plentiful at most marine projects, is both a huge convenience and a big cost saving if fresh water would otherwise need to be brought in.
Impressive Resistance to Rebar Corrosion, ASR, and Sulfate Attack: These common failure modes in concrete are much more likely to happen in seawalls and breakwaters because of the constant presence of salt (and chlorine). Aeternum’s core chemistry offers truly superior resistance to each of these problems, eliminating or at least minimizing structural damage and the need for repairs.
Superior Sustainability: Enhanced durability in and of itself reduces the need for resource-intensive rebuilds, thereby lowering long-term carbon emissions (modern concrete production is highly carbon-intensive). But it’s even better that making Aeternum requires 50% - 60% less energy (generally natural gas burned in the calcination process) compared to making OPC, and therefore it generates much less CO2.
