Geopolymer Institute

TWO OFFICIAL GEOPOLYMER CONFERENCES SCHEDULED EVERY YEAR
At the January 2009 Daytona Beach conference, Professor Joseph Davidovits (Geopolymer Institute, France) and Professor Waltraud Kriven (University of Illinois, USA) agreed to organize two official complementary and different conferences, every year:
- one located in the USA , in January, at Daytona Beach, Florida, Geopolymer Symposium within the [...]

The GeopolymerCamp 2010, was held on July 7th and 8th at the IUT, University of Picardie, in Saint-Quentin, France. You will find in the report: three Keynote conferences, the list of 9 small communications and photos taken during this event.
Go to GP-Camp 2010
At the GP-Camp, Prof. Joseph Davidovits presented his keynote on the “State of [...]

Registration are still running until July 1. It is still time to register. Registrations are running well and we are confident that this second Geopolymer Camp will be a success. You’ll have 3 days for learning, presenting, sharing, chatting, at super saver-cost. We have decided to break down the infernal spiral of costs that [...]

Mark your calendars and plan on being in Saint-Quentin, France, on Tuesday 6.- Wednesday 7. July 2010 for the second GeopolymerCamp (registration on Monday 5. afternoon).
Why?
To get geopolymer fans together, learn from each other, figure out the future of geopolymer applications and chemistry, and have a good time. You’ll have 2 days for learning, presenting, [...]

The American Ceramic Society has released a video by Prof. Trudy Kriven who chaired the last Geopolymer Session at the 34th Daytona 2010 Conference, Florida, Jan. 25-26, 2010.
Go to Video Kriven (15 minutes long video).

Geopolymers using glass produced from DC plasma treatment of air pollution control (APC) residues
As part of a major Technology Strategy Board (UK) funded project Imperial College London, in collaboration with Tetronics Ltd, has completed research on the production of geopolymers from DC plasma treated air pollution control (APC) residues. APC residues are a hazardous waste [...]

The number of scientific papers dealing with geopolymer science & technology is following an exponential growth.

We have a first supplier for metakaolin MK-750, coined ARGICAL M1200S, specially designed for geopolymer application. It is the French kaolin clay company AGS, member of the Imerys group.
Go to
www.ags-mineraux.com.
Search for Products and choose Specialties.
To get the technical sheet (presently in French), go to the page Building Materials on the left margin and click on [...]

If you want to know how the knowledge evolved after the Egyptian Pyramids click on Colosses of Memnon

Although most research is carried out by academic institutions on geopolymer cements, geopolymeric synthesis is implemented by the international industry in more sophisticated and advanced applications, i.e. automotive, aeronautic, oilfield, etc.. Below is a list of latest published patents filed by AIRBUS, CORNING, SCHLUMBERGER, COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE CEA:
- Airbus: Aircraft Conduct in geopolymer composites (WO [...]