> ORIGINS OF THE SCIENCE

The origins of Ductile Ceramics’ patented formula reach back a quarter century to the height of the Cold War. During this time, the United States commenced a classified program to contain nuclear waste at a facility known as “Argonne.”

Years of research and tens of millions of dollars in investment later, the government was able to create a substance that could contain nuclear material. Known as a chemically bonded phosphate ceramic, the material emulated the formula found in nature for containing radioactive isotopes.

As the Cold War ended, the project was disbanded and the project’s team of scientists retired or were assigned to other programs. Years passed before a visionary American entrepreneur read an obscure article about the material in an out-of-print publication. Curious, he contacted the scientist who had invented the material the Soviet Union had begun to call “Ceramicrete.”

The entrepreneur purchased the rights to the material and joined forces with the scientist to establish the company that would become Ductile Ceramics.

Today, the company’s research agreements with several universities throughout the United States have allowed it to incorporate the latest developments in physics, materials science and surface chemistry into the current Ductile Ceramics formula.

The result? A fireproof material that contains no harmful VOCs and 75 percent less CO2 emission per manufactured ton than ordinary resins and cements.