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#14: Geopolymeric Cross-Linking (LTGS) and Building Materials
Geopolymeric Cross-Linking (LTGS) and Building Materials Geopolymer’88 Proceedings, Vol. 1, pp. 79-88 “Réticulation Géopolymérique et Matériaux de Construction” In English: After a concise presentation of the chemical principles governing the LTGS geopolymeric cross-linking with the main mineralogical components of soils, earths and clays, the authors present their experiments for a rational use of lateritic materials. [...]
#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 [...]
#D: The synthetic pozzolanic mortar by Vitruvius
Les mortiers de pouzzolanes artificielles chez Vitruve: évolution historique et archirtecturale DEA thesis by Frédéric Davidovits, université de Nanterre – Paris X, 1993 ( in French, en Français ) Contrairement à ce que l’on croit généralement, les sables employés dans les mortiers dits hydrauliques chez les romains sont de nature pouzzolaniques car d’origine volcanique. Des [...]
Papers discussing Davidovits pyramid theory
Microstructural Evidence of Reconstituted Limestone Blocks in the Great Pyramids of Egypt, Barsoum, M. W., Ganguly, A. & Hug, G., JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 89 (12), 3788- 3796, (2006). See the abstract The Proceedings of Geopolymer 2005 World Congress, 4th Int. Conference on geopolymers, Edited by J. Davidovits, Geopolymer Institute, France 2006. See [...]
Two new archaeology papers in the Library
In Sept. 2004, at the IXth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble, France, Prof. Joseph Davidovits and Dr. Frederic Davidovits presented several papers depicting the chemical knowledge of the Egyptians involved in pyramid building. One was dedicated to the manufacture of the famous blue faience tiles, like those adorning the subterranean galleries of the Djoser Step-Pyramid [...]
Geopolymer Seminar in Portugal, Nov. 19-20, 2004
The Portuguese geopolymer group at UNIVERSIDADE DE TRÁS-OS-MONTES E ALTO DOURO, VILA REAL, north of Portugal, Prof. Amândio Teixeira Pinto, is organizing a seminar on November 19-20, 2004, titled: “Geopolímeros – desenvolvimentos recentes e aplicações na Construção” (Geopolymers – Recent Developments and Applications in Construction). Invited speakers are: Dr. Angel Palomo (Instituto Eduardo Torroja de [...]
New Papers to Download from J. Davidovits
We have added 3 important papers in the Library : the two keynote papers presented by Prof. Joseph Davidovits at the GEOPOLYMER 2002 Conference, Melbourne, October 28-29 2002 (#16 and #17) and one paper #18 on Fly Ash Concrete from the Rangan geopolymer group at Curtin University of Technology, Perth.
Cordi-Geopolymere, France, provides free access to LTGS brick technology.
LTGS, acronym for Low Temperature Geopolymeric Setting, is a low cost, easy to produce solution, for the making of bricks out of soils and laterites. The geopolymer LTGS brick is an ideal construction technology for emerging countries, because it offers many characteristics that fulfils the population demands. This brick uses a very cheap material available [...]
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