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Ceramics, Binders and Composites
Geopolymeric binders, used either with rock aggregates to produce rock-concretes or with carbon fibers to produce non-flammable composites, have a variety of important industrial uses. The same geosynthesis that produces geopolymeric rock-cements is used industrially for making binders for advanced composite materials and ceramics. Updated research is presented in Davidovits’ book, Geopolymer Chemistry & Applications, [...]
Innovation and further researches
Prof. Joseph Davidovits presents the road map for the next couple of years on geopolymer science innovation and research, at the 2nd International Congress on Ceramics, Verona, Italy, July 4th, 2008. Watch the video on Vimeo. There is a great need for innovation and therefore further research must be carried out. We have listed below [...]
#15: 30 Years of Successes and Failures in Geopolymer Applications
30 Years of Successes and Failures in Geopolymer Applications. Market Trends and Potential Breakthroughs. by Joseph Davidovits Invited Paper, Geopolymer 2002 International Conference, October 28-29, Melbourne, Australia The presentation included 30 slides describing following geopolymer applications developed since 1972 in France, Europe and USA. The Geopolymer chemistry concept was invented in 1979 with the creation [...]
#4: Fire response of geopolymer structural composites
1rst International Conference on Composites in Infrastructure Tuscon, Arizona, Jan. 1996 Fire response of geopolymer structural composites by Richard E. Lyon, Usman Sorathia, P.N. Balaguru , Andrew Foden, Joseph Davidovits and Michel Davidovics published in the Proceedings of ICCI’96, pp. 972-981; see also the paper on pages166-177 The fire response of a potassium aluminosilicate matrix [...]
#3: GEOPOLYMERS Inorganic polymeric new materials
NASTS award 1994 Presentation at the national “Real Advances in Materials” Symposium, Washington DC, Sept. 26,1994 GEOPOLYMERS: Inorganic polymeric new materials by Joseph Davidovits published in Journal of Materials Education, Vol. 16 (2,3), pp. 91-138 (1994) In the aftermath of various catastrophic fires in France between 1970-73, which involved common organic plastic, research on non-flammable [...]
#2: Reinforced Concrete Beams
Geopolymer-Carbon Composite for Repair and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Beams by P. Balaguru, Stephen Kurtz, and Jon Rudolph, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ -08855-0909, U.S.A. This report presents the results of an experimental investigation of the behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with carbon fiber fabrics and geopolymer. The primary objective [...]
#1: Fire resistant aluminosilicate composites
Richard E. Lyon, P.N. Balaguru, Andrew Foden, Usman Sorathia, Michel Davidovics and Joseph Davidovits. published in the journal “Fire and Materials”, USA, 1996 This paper presents the latest results on the properties of GEOPOLYMER/CARBON composite, namely: * viscosity, chemical reactivity, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analyses, mechanical properties (inplane shear, interlaminar shear, warp tensile, flexure). It [...]
Recent Literature in Geopolymer Science and Technology
Updated list of publications from the Geopolymer Research Group, Wellington, New Zealand, MacKenzie et al. (1999-2007). See the list New Zealand Geopolymer Group Use of Inorganic Polymer to Improve the Fire Response of Balsa Sandwich Structures, James Giancaspro, P. N. Balaguru, and Richard E. Lyon, J. Mat. in Civ. Engrg., Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. [...]
Geopolymer session at next SAMPE’05 Int. Conference, USA
Geopolymer session at the SAMPE’05 Int. Conference, Long Beach, California scheduled for Monday May 2, 2005. Find the list of the 7 papers dedicated to high-tech applications of the geopolymer technology, at: http://www.sampe.org/SAMPE%2005%20Pre%20Program.pdf
Geopolymer session at 107th American Ceramic Society Meeting
Geopolymer session at the 106th American Ceramic Society National Meeting, Baltimore, USA., April 10-13, 2005. Prof. W. Kriven from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain is organizing this session within the Ceramic Matrix Composite Symposium. For list of the 10 papers and abstracts go to http://ocms.acers.org/abstract.asp?confid=31&sympid=398&sessid=2679
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