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ORNL, CHASM™ partner to drive decarbonization of cement

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

CANTON, Mass., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and CHASM™ Advanced Materials (CHASM) are joining forces to advance scalable decarbonization technologies from discovery through deployment through a new memorandum of understanding, or MOU.

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  • CANTON, Mass., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and CHASM Advanced Materials (CHASM) are joining forces to advance scalable decarbonization technologies from discovery through deployment through a new memorandum of understanding, or MOU.
  • The production of cement, an essential ingredient of concrete, is responsible for 8% of the world's anthropogenic CO2 nearly 3 billion tons per year.
  • Overall, the process emits more than 800 kg of CO2 for every metric ton of cement produced and represents most of concrete's overall carbon footprint.
  • "CHASM is proud to partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to accelerate scalable cement decarbonization solutions," Dave Arthur, CHASM CEO, said.