2 Concrete Material Texture (Seamless-Tileable) No 62

2 Concrete Material Texture (Seamless-Tileable) DrCG No 62

What do you know about concrete?

• Concrete is the second most used material on earth after water
• Concrete production contributes 5% of annual anthropogenic global CO₂ production.
• Concrete in the middle of the Hoover Dam, opened in 1936, is still drying out!
• The largest ever, unreinforced concrete dome construction is the Pantheon in Rome, which is over 2000 years old
• Cement, if sealed in a thermos flask with water, will reach boiling point
• 99% of all ‘cracked’ concrete is associated with other construction factors and not the material as delivered
• Concrete is an extremely inexpensive material when you consider what it does. For example: 1m³ of concrete = 1000 litres of product. If you were to buy the same volume of paint, you would pay a lot more and it wouldn’t be as durable
• Concrete sets and hardens under water
• Concrete actually has elastic properties
• A ready mixed concrete plant can have in excess of 2000 mix recipes available