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Mass Production of Geopolymer Cements
At the Geopolymer Camp 2009, July 1-3, at Saint-Quentin, France, Prof. Joseph Davidovits presented a keynote on “Practical Problems related to Mass Production of Geopolymer Cement”. What are the key issues and what are the dead ends? Are we ready and can we manufacture cements that reduce the CO2 emission by 60 up to 80%? [...]
Fairy tales on CO2 cement reabsorption
I want you to react to some biased arguments that are often opposed to the development of Geopolymer Concrete. In a recent blog published by the WORLDBANK, go to http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2008/09/the-cost-of-car.html one can read the following comment to the article that favored Geopolymer concrete: “Not really all that amazing. The CO2 emissions from cement production (from [...]
Video Tutorial: Geopolymer for Newcomers
Professor Joseph DAVIDOVITS presents his first course for beginners in geopolymer chemistry and applications. Buy your copy of the Video Tutorial at The Geopolymer Shop With your order, you will receive two items: the book Geopolymer Chemistry and Applications and the disk containing 6 hours of video presentations as shown in the picture. Watch this [...]
Recent press release recommends geopolymer cement
In a recent report dated of Sept. 8, ClimateChangeCorp strongly recommends geopolymer cement / concrete for its low CO2 emissions. The report cites interviews from cement and geopolymer experts (Prof. J. Davidovits, Dr. P. Duxson, Prof. F. Glaser) as well as Dr. H. Klee, co-ordinator at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, representing the [...]
Book: Geopolymer Chemistry and Applications, 3rd ed.
By Joseph DAVIDOVITS A Practical and Scientific Approach to Sustainable Development 3rd Edition Buy your copy of the book at The Geopolymer Shop What can be done about the major concerns of our Global Economy on energy, global warming, sustainable development, user-friendly processes, and green chemistry? Here is an important contribution to the mastering of [...]
Geopolymer Training courses start April 01, 2008
The Geopolymer Institute is introducing a series of training courses on Geopolymer Chemistry, Geopolymer Science and related Applications. The 2-day and 3-day courses will be held at the Geopolymer Institute, Saint-Quentin, France (one and half hours drive North of Paris), with low-rates Hotels in the vicinity. The first series of courses start on April 01. [...]
First Book on Geopolymers!
Professor Joseph Davidovits is proud to announce the release of his book entitled: GEOPOLYMER CHEMISTRY AND APPLICATIONS with ca. 590 pages and 26 Chapters. The photo shows the first printing for proof-reading. We expect to get the first exemplars printed for the end of February 2008. The first edition of the book will be sold [...]
Fly ash waste material as a geopolymer feedstock
Industrial Research has developed a process which will enable the fly ash waste material from burning coal at the Huntly Power Station to be used as a feedstock for making new geoploymer materials. Geopolymers are being investigated as an alternative to traditional cement materials and for waste remediation of hazardous substances. Previously the high calcium [...]
#18: Beams and columns of low-calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete
Curtin Research Report on Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Reinforced beams and columns by Djwantoro Hardjito and B.Vijaya Rangan Research Report GC 3 (120 pages) (mar. 2006) Faculty of Engineering, Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia This Research Report describes the behaviour and strength of reinforced low-calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete structural beams and columns. Earlier, [...]
High performance Roman cement and concrete, high durable buildings
The Coliseo, Rome, 2nd C. AD (left) The Pantheon, Rome, 2nd C. AD, inside (center) The Pantheon, Rome, 2nd C. AD, the concrete dome (right). Concrete experts talk today about how to make concrete durable. Many ancient Roman concrete buildings are still in use after more than 2000 years. For these modern concrete experts, the [...]
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