Nevertheless, these strategies do not fundamentally reconfigure the calcium carbonate decomposition mechanism at the heart of cement chemistry, leaving the industry's substantial carbon footprint ...

Miss Armit: Perfect. Calcium carbonate needs to be heated up to eight hundred twenty degrees to start its decomposition. What you think it will break down into, then? Gethin: So many questions.

According to the team, calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) decomposition, which accounts for about 60 percent of total carbon emissions during cement production, has posed a significant challenge ever ...