Who should attend
This intensive training course is designed for professionals in various industrial fields including: Tooling for plastic / composite industry, Prototyping Engineering. This includes:
- Material Scientists
- Material Engineers
- R &D Scientists
This course can also be valuable to Organic Composite Shops with a scientific background.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the fundamental principles and concepts, differences prevailing between traditional organic matrix composite and Geopolymer Matrix Composite.
- Outline the identification and the study of best geopolymeric systems for Fire and Heat Resistance.
- Identify the reaction mechanisms that provide best physical / fire / heat resistance in high tech composite manufacturing.
First day: Fire resistant geopolymers, definitions
08:45 Registration
09:00-10:45 Mineral geopolymer concept
The book Geopolymer Chemistry and Applications
Macromolecular structure of natural silicates and aluminosilicates
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Fundamental remarks on heat and fire resistance
Heat resistance geopolymer applications in racing cars
Review of carbon/geopolymer and other ceramic-ceramic composites
14:15-16:15 Laboratory demonstration
Examples of geopolymer matrix composites with MEYEB FS binders
16:15-16-30 Coffee break
16:30-17:30 Nano-poly(siloxo) and Nano-poly(sialate) geopolymers
MAS-NMR studies on the transition nano-poly(silanol) to nano-poly(siloxo)
K-nano-poly(sialate) geopolymer composite
Possible health hazards of SiO2 nanoparticles
Second day: Fire resistance with K–nano–poly(sialate) laminates, properties, economics
09:00-10:45 The F.A.A. research project
Flammability of organic and geopolymer composites
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Fabrication of K–nano–poly(sialate) carbon composite for fire-resistance testing
carbon-fiber glass hybrid laminates
14:15-16:15 Economics of Geopolymer Matrix composites
building applications, naval and aeraunotics
16:15-16-30 Coffee break
16:30-16:45 Collection of samples in laboratory
