☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 months agoChina builds with manufactured sand, easing worry about overmining and environmental costarchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkChina builds with manufactured sand, easing worry about overmining and environmental costarchive.ph☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
https://archive.ph/2024.08.12-071715/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3273891/china-builds-manufactured-sand-easing-worry-about-overmining-and-environmental-cost
minus-squareFranfran2424@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-23 months agoSand for construction is a limited resource. Not every sand works to make concrete. Generally, it has to be river sand, because sea sand has salt and must be washed, and open air sand is pulished by wind, making it worse for building.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoHmm, I was going to steal a bucket of beach sand for casting
minus-squareREEEEvolution@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoRiver sand is rougher, sea sand or desert sand is either too rough or almost polished round.
minus-squareFranfran2424@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt still works, it generally tends to crack more easily or damage steel bars due to salt.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI will most likely wash it a bunch? THat’s what the internet told me to do
minus-squareFranfran2424@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoYeah, that works. Then again, China is kind of demonstrating that crushing rocks into sand also works. So whatever pollutes less, I guess.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoMy factory development level is unfortunately quite low
Sand for construction is a limited resource. Not every sand works to make concrete.
Generally, it has to be river sand, because sea sand has salt and must be washed, and open air sand is pulished by wind, making it worse for building.
Hmm, I was going to steal a bucket of beach sand for casting
River sand is rougher, sea sand or desert sand is either too rough or almost polished round.
It still works, it generally tends to crack more easily or damage steel bars due to salt.
I will most likely wash it a bunch? THat’s what the internet told me to do
Yeah, that works. Then again, China is kind of demonstrating that crushing rocks into sand also works.
So whatever pollutes less, I guess.
My factory development level is unfortunately quite low
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