Advanced Engineered Cellular Magmatics
Category: Mechanical/Materials
Developers: Savannah River National Laboratory
Product Description:Advanced engineered cellular magmatics are a progression of traditional foam glass technology that can be tailored to suit a variety of applications including: wastewater filtration, supplemental cementitious materials and biological delivery systems. Leveraging decades of experience creating materials for the safe disposition of high-level nuclear waste, SRNL and Silica-X researchers can now produce materials that embody circularity and sustainability with a focus on rapid tech-to-market transitions. Advanced engineered cellular magmatics (AECMs) are a material family able to be synthesized from a variety of input feedstock materials such as post-consumer waste glass, post-industrial glass (e.g., E-glass) and waste-to-energy (WtE) ash. The utilization space of AECMs spans several industrial sectors including: lightweight, reactive aggregate for low-carbon concrete (e.g., marine concrete, roller compacted concrete), biological substrates for microbes capable of remediating contaminated waters and soils including hydrocarbon remediation, wastewater filtration media and cementitious materials for hazardous waste disposal. AECMs have had an impact on multiple industries, including: municipal solid waste infrastructures, industrial glass manufacturers and waste-to-energy producers. These products are designed to offset the worst parts of multiple industries to create materials and concepts that are focused on environmental resilience while transforming economic models.
Developers: Savannah River National Laboratory
Product Description:Advanced engineered cellular magmatics are a progression of traditional foam glass technology that can be tailored to suit a variety of applications including: wastewater filtration, supplemental cementitious materials and biological delivery systems. Leveraging decades of experience creating materials for the safe disposition of high-level nuclear waste, SRNL and Silica-X researchers can now produce materials that embody circularity and sustainability with a focus on rapid tech-to-market transitions. Advanced engineered cellular magmatics (AECMs) are a material family able to be synthesized from a variety of input feedstock materials such as post-consumer waste glass, post-industrial glass (e.g., E-glass) and waste-to-energy (WtE) ash. The utilization space of AECMs spans several industrial sectors including: lightweight, reactive aggregate for low-carbon concrete (e.g., marine concrete, roller compacted concrete), biological substrates for microbes capable of remediating contaminated waters and soils including hydrocarbon remediation, wastewater filtration media and cementitious materials for hazardous waste disposal. AECMs have had an impact on multiple industries, including: municipal solid waste infrastructures, industrial glass manufacturers and waste-to-energy producers. These products are designed to offset the worst parts of multiple industries to create materials and concepts that are focused on environmental resilience while transforming economic models.
