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Old 06-28-2021, 10:44 AM   #88 (permalink)
Piotrsko
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The Romans knew about how sticky eggs were, and weren't into consuming milk which was the other traditional enhancer. What they were doing was increasing the rock to cement bond interface shear strength which is where these joints typically fail. They also used fly ash to fill the gaps between sand particles. You know proper sand needs to be sharp? You also know that cement doesn't make the structure stronger than the base rock?
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