Abstract
One of the major problems facing the construction industry today is the effect of corrosion on steel, and the inherent structural weaknesses it causes in highways, bridges and buildings. MMFX 2 rebar was developed through the use of nanotechnology by Dr. Gareth Thomas, graduate school professor of materials science at Univ. of California, Berkeley. It is highly corrosion resistant and equal, or in many cases, far superior to existing conventional carbon steel in its properties of strength, energy absorption, toughness, brittleness, ductility, and formability.
Fact Sheet ID Number
CV08002
Sub-Area
Steel Technologies
Keywords
mmfx, microcomposite steel, rebar, corrosion, steel technology
DOI
10.5703/1288284315798
Date of this Version
1-1-2007
Recommended Citation
ECT Team, Purdue, "MMFX Microcomposite Steel (MMFX2)" (2007). ECT Fact Sheets. Paper 89.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284315798