Big Bang - Explosion of heated Concrete - a podcast by Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

from 2019-05-14T08:36:20

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Concrete cannot burn and yet it can become a great threat during tunnel fires. When exposed to high temperatures, the water in the concrete begins to evaporate and pressure builds up. Empa researcher Nikolajs Toropovs shows what happens next.