'Thirsty concrete' soaks up 36 meters of water an hour
- 9 years ago
WOLVERHAMPTON, UK ? A British company has invented a new type of concrete designed to rapidly absorb water that could be used to help mitigate the damage caused by flash flooding.
The concrete, called Topmix Permeable, was designed by Tarmac, a UK building materials and solutions company. While the company itself is only a few months old, the technology has been in development for the last six years, product development manager Craig Burgess told Tech Insider.
Traditional concrete is usually permeable enough to allow a minimum of 300 millimeters of water to be absorbed by the ground per hour. The new concrete can absorb 36,000 millimeters of water an hour.
Instead of being made sand-based, Topmix is made of no-fines concrete, tiny pieces of crushed granite packed together, which better allow water to pass through.
Topmix is currently limited to sales in the UK and so far has been installed in a car park and a golf course.
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The concrete, called Topmix Permeable, was designed by Tarmac, a UK building materials and solutions company. While the company itself is only a few months old, the technology has been in development for the last six years, product development manager Craig Burgess told Tech Insider.
Traditional concrete is usually permeable enough to allow a minimum of 300 millimeters of water to be absorbed by the ground per hour. The new concrete can absorb 36,000 millimeters of water an hour.
Instead of being made sand-based, Topmix is made of no-fines concrete, tiny pieces of crushed granite packed together, which better allow water to pass through.
Topmix is currently limited to sales in the UK and so far has been installed in a car park and a golf course.
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