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Milestone paper IUPAC 1976, in the LIBRARY
Several geopolymer scientists asked me to make available for free download in the LIBRARY, my first paper presented at the IUPAC Symposium on Long-Term Properties of Polymers and Polymeric Materials. This symposium held in Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 30 to Sept. 1, 1976, had a session Topic III dedicated to New Polymers of High-Stability. I had [...]
# 20 Milestone paper IUPAC 76
Full Paper of the communication presented at IUPAC Symposium on Long-Term Properties of Polymers and Polymeric Materials, Stockholm 1976, Topic III. Solid-Phase Synthesis of a Mineral Blockpolymer by Low Temperature Polycondensation of Alumino-Silicate Polymers: Na-poly(sialate) or Na-PS and Characteristics . Joseph DAVIDOVITS INTRODUCTION The work exposed here comes from an attempt to transfer our [...]
Photos from recent Geopolymer events in India
The recent Geopolymer events were prepared by Professors C. Antony Jeyasehar and S. Thirugnanasambandan, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 608002 Tamilnadu, India. Go to Conference-India – 7. December: International Workshop on Geopolymer Cement and Concrete Geopolymer Cement (chaired by Prof. J. Davidovits, Geopolymer Institute, France) Geopolymer Concrete (chaired by Prof. V.J. Rangan, Curtin University of [...]
Indian National News Paper reports on Geopolymer Workshop and Pyramid
The International Workshop on Geopolymer Cement and Concrete held in Annamalai University, India, December 7, 2010, Geopolymer Conferences calendar 2010, has attracted the attention of the Indian national news paper “The Hindu”, with an article titled:” Imperative to find alternative to cement, says French expert” and a photo showing Annamalai University Vice Chancelor M. Ramanathan [...]
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 [...]
Book: Why the pharaohs built the Pyramids with fake stones
By Joseph Davidovits 20 years after the best seller book: The Pyramids: an enigma solved,after 20 years of new research, and new discoveries,you will understand why the theory is more alive than ever, why more and more scientists agree, simply because it is the truth. Buy your copy of the book at The Geopolymer Shop [...]
Book: Why the pharaohs built the Pyramids with fake stones
By Joseph Davidovits 20 years after the best seller book: The Pyramids: an enigma solved,after 20 years of new research, and new discoveries,you will understand why the theory is more alive than ever, why more and more scientists agree, simply because it is the truth. Buy your copy of the book at The Geopolymer Shop [...]
MIT supports Davidovits’ Pyramid theory
The famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA, is supporting Prof. Davidovits’ re-agglomerated stone (concrete) pyramid theory. At MIT, Professor Hobbs and two colleagues and students are experimenting the construction of a small scale pyramid using the method recommended by Davidovits. Go to the Boston Globe article of April 22, 2008 titled A new angle [...]
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. [...]
Are Pyramids Made Out of Concrete? (1)
The pyramids stones are man-made (synthetic, artificial) Cast in molds The Pyramids at Giza have more than 5 million blocks of limestone, until now believed to be CARVED stones, new evidences shows they were CAST with agglomerated limestone concrete. The website reveals how Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids using man-made stones, which look exactly like [...]
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