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Report on Geopolymer Camp 2011: State of the Geopolymer 2011 + 19 papers
The Geopolymer Camp 2011, was held on July 5th and 6th 2011 at the IUT, University of Picardie, in Saint-Quentin, France. You will find in the report: two Keynote conferences, the list of 19 small communications and some photos taken during this event. A MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) between University of Malaysia at Perlis UniMAP [...]
Who is selling geopolymers ?
Companies manufacturing and selling geopolymer products are listed at Selling Geopolymers. The list is growing and becoming longer and longer.
Who is doing research on geopolymers?
There are now hundreds of labs and institutions throughout the world doing fundamental and applied research on geopolymers. Some of them are listed at Doing research on geopolymers.
Not Only Cement: new high-tech patents for geopolymer
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
NASA uses geopolymer for making mirrors
Geopolymer laminate has been used by NASA in the manufacture of sophisticated mirrors : Advanced Processing of the Optical Surface on Large Lightweight Mirrors. The link to this application
Fire-resistant geopolymer containers
An international patent # WO 2004/026698 has been published on the making of fire-resistant containers. One of the inventors is Andrew Foden, former member of the geopolymer group at Rutgers University, Professor P. Balaguru, USA, and co-author of several papers on fire-resistant geopolymer composites.
New to geopolymers? Want to learn more about this chemistry? Here is the only to place to buy at a special price a bundle comprising the book "Geopolymer Chemistry & Applications" 3rd ed. together with the video "Geopolymer for newcomers".