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Envisioning a Perfect Building Material

By Martin Mulvihill, PhD on 14 Oct 2013 • 2 minute read

I am a chemist, not an architect, builder, contractor, or designer. I once built a coat rack out of a 4x4. It wasn’t pretty, but its sheer mass kept it stable in the corner of my college apartment until I moved out 2 years later. I did not build that coat rack arou …

Is It Possible to Provide an Inventory of ‘All’ Chemicals in a Product?

By Charlene Bayer, PhD on 03 Oct 2013 • 3 minute read

What does it mean to provide an inventory of 'all' the chemicals used in a product? Is it possible? Why? Why not? It is assumed that manufacturers know every one of the chemicals in their products, but in reality this may not be so. Manufacturers do not always have c …

Building Materials: What’s In This Stuff?

By Chris Pyke, PhD on 03 Oct 2013 • 1 minute read

We’re surrounded by stuff: fixtures, furnishings, paint, sealants, wallboard, windows, doors, and wiring to name a few. It seems reasonable to ask a fundamental question: “What’s in this stuff?” While it may seem reasonable to ask, it’s surprisingly hard to …

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