Ward warns scheme may exclude severely damaged homes on chemical ‘snapshot’ tests

Paul Dunlop
Andreas LeemannEmpa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Beat MünchSwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

Press/Media: Research

Description

Research suggests that present-day chemical readings may not accurately reflect the original cause of failure once the system has chemically evolved

Period	29 Jun 2026

Media coverage

1

Media coverage

Title	Ward warns scheme may exclude severely damaged homes on chemical ‘snapshot’ tests
Degree of recognition	Regional
Media name/outlet	Donegal Live
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	Ireland
Date	29/06/26
Description	Research suggests that present-day chemical readings may not accurately reflect the original cause of failure once the system has chemically evolved
Producer/Author	Caoimhinn Barr
URL	https://www.donegallive.ie/news/inishowen-md/ward-warns-scheme-may-exclude-severely-damaged-homes-on-chemical-snapshot-tests-8767609
Persons	Paul Dunlop, Andreas Leemann, Beat Münch

Keywords

internal sulfate attack
defective concrete

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Deleterious internal sulfate attack on concrete caused by an aggregate with low iron sulfide content
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