Concrete Failures Lab

Explore. Understand. Prevent.

A forensic library of every way concrete repairs fail in the field — and the magnesium chemistry that engineers each failure mode out of the system.

Failure Modes
Case File · COLD-JOINTS

Cold Joints

When a fresh pour meets a partially-cured pour, no chemical bond forms. The joint becomes the weakest line in the slab.

Traditional Repair
  • Mechanical bond only
  • Primer-dependent
  • First failure point under load
ZERITHON System
  • Magnesium ionic bond fuses across the joint
  • No primer required
  • Joint becomes stronger than the host
0%
joint debond across 7-yr deployments