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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. [...]
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 [...]
Fly Ash based Geopolymer Concrete : 2 new reports from Curtin
The geopolymer group at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia (Prof. V. Rangan) has released 2 new reports on Fly Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete. They may be downloaded from our Library. The first report: Report GC 2 is dealing with the long term properties. It has been included in the Technical Paper #17 in the [...]
#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, [...]
Geopolymer Conference in Thailand, 24-25 May 2006
The International Conference on Pozzolan, Concrete and Geopolymer, is organized by Khon Kaen University, Sustainable Infrastructure Research and Development Center, (SIRDC), Thai Geopolymer Network Thai Concrete Association and will be held on 24-25 May, 2006 at Sofitel Raja Hotel, Khon Kaen, Thailand. The program on Geopolymer includes : Development of geopolymer Use of different stock [...]
Geopolymer cement
There is often confusion between the meaning of the terms “cement” and “concrete”. A cement is a binder whereas concrete is the composite material resulting from the addition of cement to stone aggregates. Cement is sold to companies that make concrete. Geopolymer cement is often mixed up with alkali-activated slag developed since 1956 in Eastern [...]
Geopolymer Cement for mitigation of Global Warming
Up to 90% reduction of CO2 Greenhouse Gas emission during cement manufacture Professor J. Davidovits started working on CO2 emissions mitigation as earlier as 1990, at PennState Materials Research Laboratory, Pennstate University, USA. Unfortunately, American Agencies (DOE and EPA) stated that this was not an important issue and both institutions declined to support research proposals. [...]
Cements, Concretes, Toxic Wastes, Global Warming
Applications with geopolymer cements and concretes are described in the section Geopolymer Cement with special emphasis on the introduction of user-friendly systems. It is striking to notice that Geopolymer cements manufacture emits 80 to 90% less CO2 (greenhouse effect gas) than Portland Cement. See in GLOBAL WARMING. They are perfect examples of Green Chemistry and [...]
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 [...]
#17: Develoment and properties of low-calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete
Curtin Research Report on Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Develoment and properties of low-calcium fly ash-based geopolymer concrete by Djwantoro Hardjito and B.Vijaya Rangan Research Report GC 1 (103 pages) (dec. 2005), Report GC 2 (107 pages) (mar. 2006) Faculty of Engineering, Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia From 2001, we have conducted some important research [...]
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