Question

A company founded by Ginger Krieg Dosier manufactures a precursor to this material biologically via MICP by Sporosarcina pasteurii. This material is packed in an Abrams cone, which is then removed before measuring a resultant height difference, in (10[1])its namesake “slump test.” Fly ash (10[1])is often repurposed to manufacture (10[1])this highly alkaline material, (10[3]-5[1])in which the alkali–silica (-5[1])reaction may create a swellable (10[1])gel. (10[1])Eight percent of global CO2 (10[1])emissions (10[1])come (10[1])from (10[1])heating (10[1])limestone (10[5])and (10[1]-5[1])aluminosilicates (10[1])in kilns (10[3])to 1450 degrees Celsius (-5[1])to make one component (-5[1])of this material (10[1])named for (10[1])Portland, England. (10[4]-5[1])To (10[1])reduce cracking in this (10[1])material, (10[1]-5[1])rebar (-5[1])is (10[1])often (10[1])“pre-tensioned” (10[1]-5[1])before embedding. (10[2])For 10 points, steel is used to strengthen (10[1])the “reinforced” (10[1])form of what building material made by combining sand and gravel with cement? (10[2])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: concrete [accept bioconcrete or reinforced concrete; prompt on Portland cement until “cement” is read; prompt on bricks by asking “what are the bricks made of?”]
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Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State B3710
Oliver HargraveOxford AKiel4310
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)JMU B (UG)4810
Natan HoltzmanStanford BStanford C5210
Aditya SivakumarBerkeley CBerkeley B5210
Jonathan Bost (UG)Liberty A (Grad)UNC D (DII)52-5
Arunn SankareGeorgia Tech ASouth Carolina5210
Annie Goodman (Grad)GWU B (Grad)Liberty B (DII)56-5
Taiga ClarkeImperial BEdinburgh6110
Enoch YuenImperial ADurham B6210
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC A (Grad)6710
Rishabh DaveBerkeley AStanford A6810
Peter ScullyTufts BTufts A6910
Jerry ZhangHarvard BHarvard A7010
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayPenn7110
Cade ReinbergerRIT BCornell B7210
Isaac OlsonUW ATexas A7210
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia C7210
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordNYU B7210
Alexander ClarkeDartmouth ADartmouth B7210
Julian BushlowCornell CCornell A7310
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia C (UG)73-5
Danny CutbillRIT ABinghamton7410
Rasheeq Azad (UG)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)7610
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU ARowan7610
Oscar SiddleWarwickDurham A7610
Alessandro BogoKCLCambridge C80-5
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BAlabama84-5
Maximilian Niebur (UG)Johns HopkinsColumbia B8710
Nate MuncyTennesseeGeodesic8910
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)9110
Gavin BramerAppalachian StateIowa A91-5
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ATexas A&M B9110
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan BOhio State A9110
Harrison WhitakerCambridge ASheffield9110
Kathy LiangRice AUBC A9210
James ByrneBristolOxford C9610
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)9710
Cormac BeirneSorbonneMichigan State A97-5
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)JMU A (UG)98-5
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge B9910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AMTSU10010
Ethan Cohen (UG)GWU A (UG)Virginia B (UG)10110
Noah Dean (DII)KenyonMichigan C101-5
Akshay SeetharamClaremont AIowa B10310
Martin AlafayaKentuckyHarding10310
Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)Liberty A (Grad)11110
Mitchell IndekMichigan CKenyon11310
Aswath KaraiMichigan State ASorbonne12610
Riley BowlingAlabamaGeorgia Tech B12610
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU B (Grad)12710
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)Maryland B (UG)12710
Addie King (UG)JMU A (UG)William & Mary A (UG)12710
Abigail ZimmermanIowa AAppalachian State12710
Sam HuttonCambridge CKCL12710