[Strawbale] Rlimestone screenings

[=loot=]

He's pulling your leg!  Don't rise to the bait!!  Limestone screenings could only be vaguely concrete-like.

Loot.


On Fri, 20 Apr 2007
Derek Roff <derek at unm.edu> wrote:

> > I don't know what kind of stone you have in Nova Scotia but if it's
> > limestone (as it is here in Ottawa) compacted limestone screenings
> > does   result in a concrete-like material as it sucks up CO2 from the
> > atmosphere   and turns back into a monolithic-like mass.
> 
> Tell me more about limestone screenings.  Is this fragments of 
> limestone, crushed and/or graded?  In any case, what is the chemical 
> reaction that allows it to suck up CO2 from the atmosphere?
> 
> Derelict
> 
> (Allegedly from a chemistry exam:  H2O is the chemical formula for hot 
> water.  CO2 is the formula for cold water.)
> 
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