Heilig has turned core samples from mines into colorful coverings for concrete tables. These core samples were pulled to help miners determine where minerals, such as gold and copper, were prevalent.

To study these concrete-based bacterial communities, Maresca’s students poured concrete samples into 40 cylinders, each about the size of a one-liter bottle. Two kinds of mixes were used. Some ...

With each concrete sample costing from $1,000 to $3,000 per, each tank held 20 or more cylinders – it was vital the environment held true, and data collected were accurate.

LHASA -- Chinese engineers extracted a 38.1-meter-long concrete core sample from a dam on Sunday. While setting a new national benchmark for core sampling in similar arch dam types, it also ...

News Release 8-Feb-2022 New in situ coring and testing system for deep mining makes “living” samples a reality Peer-Reviewed Publication KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.

Schmidt hammer testing gives reliable estimates of in situ concrete strength if the testing is done according to the relevant standards. EN 12504-2 provides the method for the determination of the ...