The Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, has served for almost 100 years as North America's busiest international border crossing. But in 2025, the Ambassador will be replaced by the new Gordie Howe International Bridge. The Gordie Howe is a cable-stayed bridge, with two massive 220 m tall concrete piers on opposite banks of the St.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA source of sand is proposed as an educational tool to aid in the identification of silica mineralogies and textures susceptible to alkali-silica reaction. This particular silica sand originates in the southern portion of the state of Veracruz, Mexico, and exhibits a wide variety of lithologies, A thin section produced from a cross-section through a mortar bar subjected to ATSM C1260 Standard Test Method for Potential Alkali Reactivity of Aggregates (Mortar-Bar Method) exhibits plentiful examples of reactive silica.
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