Report on GP-Camp 2010 and State of the Geopolymer 2010

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 the Geopolymer 2010″. It is a review on what happened in 2009 and the first semester of 2010 on geopolymer science and applications. In his keynote, Prof. J. Davidovits developed following topics:
1) Geopolymer science

• exponential increase of scientific publications
• Geopolymer Conferences
• Book “Geopolymer Chemistry & Applications” (first Chinese translation)
• Support from the American Ceramic Society
• French Members of Parliament recommend R&D on Geopolymer Chemistry

2) Geopolymer technologies

• Suppliers for metakaolin MK-750 and blast furnace slag
• Introduction by the Australian CSIRO of HIPS fire resistant coating
• Introduction by the world company Schlumberger of the geopolymer cement EverCrete for Carbon Dioxide storage.
• Same research funded by American DOE
• Several patents for industrial applications: Airbus, CEA, etc..
• Applications for Work of Art restoration.

3) Geopolymer Cements / Concretes

• European Cement industry delocates because of CO2 issue: Grinding Terminals in European harbors
• TechBrief from American Department of Transportation recommends geopolymer concrete
• Bridge deck made of geopolymer concrete and composite (Wagners CFT, Australia)
• Radioactivity of fly ashes, and environmental issue
• Article published by the American magazine Wired

4/ Geopolymer and archaeology

• Support by MIT’s scientists of pyramid agglomerated stone theory
• Oldest geopolymer artefact: 25000 year old terra-cotta Venus
• Oldest geopolymer cement coating: 3500 year old coating for drinkable water cisterns in Egypt