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Zoom into Concrete and Steel

September 1st, 2009 No comments

These narrated videos slowly zoom in to several million times magnification, which is enough to see the chemical composition of concrete and steel.

This information may not be directly applicable to structural analysis or design on a daily basis, but it can’t hurt to have some material science background on the materials with which we build.


Zoom into Steel



Zoom into Concrete
(via dailymotion.com/Weird_Weird_Science)
Categories: reference Tags: concrete, steel, video
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