Sustainable Concrete
and Composites
rGF Shred for Sustainable Concrete and Composites ​
CompFiber+ is a blended chopped strand, resin coated fiber reinforcement specifically designed for use in a variety of polymer applications and processes. The multi-functional resin sizing on the fibers enhances their handling, mixing, and molding characteristics, leading to improved processability and performance.
Applications
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Precast Products​
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Additive Manufacturing 3D Printing​
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Shotcrete​
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Infrastructure​
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Overlays​
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Commercial and Residential floors​
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Block and Brick
Advantages
• Fully recycled fibers​
• Uniform distribution and mixing​
• Excellent finishing and workability​
• Increased flexural strength and durability​
• Excellent shrink and crack reduction and control​
• Favorable dimensional stability​
• Reduces construction times and material costs
Pristine Graphene for Concrete Performance
Carbon Rivers Nano manufactures pristine graphene nanoflakes (1-3 layers, inert, low cost, commercial scale), and the nanoflakes provide excellent mechanical and functional enhancements to concrete projects, whether for sustainable housing or significant construction designs.
PG Formulation Can Include:
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Recycled glass fiber for increased mechanicals, functionality, and lower sand aggregate need and thus lower emissions.​
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PG for increased mechanicals (compression, flexural, and shear), functionality (rapid cure, impermeability, cold cure, anti-corrosion, anti-abrasion, and capping/ encapsulating orphan wells).
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Pristine graphene nanoflakes are hydrophobic, so this mitigates the freeze-thaw cycle on bridges and runways as well as reduces natural resource water in the mix design.​
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Reduction of cement by as much as 30% for more sustainable mix designs. ​
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Increase of at least 50% in compression, 80% in flexural, and 30% in shear in wellbore cement paste to cap orphan wells.​
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Has electrically conductive properties for specialized concrete builds and features​
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UV-resistant due to graphene absorbing UV radiation.​
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Cure cycle is accelerated with early onset strength ​
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Very large surface area uniformly dissipates thermal energy and thus mitigates against micro-cracks, stress, and friction to reduce internal deformation and material failure due to anti-corrosion and impermeability functionality. ​
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PG even fills in pore walls to reduce crack propagation. ​
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Lighter and reduced material for less emissions and to lower material costs.​
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Increased structural and mechanical integrity against inclement weather and natural disasters.​
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Incorporation of carbon negative composite recycled material significantly reduces cement and sand aggregate material costs and production emissions.