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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.
American Ceramic Society video on Geopolymers
The American Ceramic Society has released a video by Prof. Trudy Kriven who chaired the last Geopolymer Session at the 34th Daytona 2010 Conference, Florida, Jan. 25-26, 2010. Go to Video Kriven (15 minutes long video).
First supplier of Geopolymer raw material
We have a first supplier for metakaolin MK-750, coined ARGICAL M1200S, specially designed for geopolymer application. It is the French kaolin clay company AGS, member of the Imerys group. Go to www.ags-mineraux.com. Search for Products and choose Specialties. To get the technical sheet (presently in French), go to the page Building Materials on the left [...]
Ceramics & Brotherhood LTGS Conference is on line
The 1st International Forum Ceramics & Brotherhood was held on July 4, 2008, Verona, Italy, during the 2nd International Congress on Ceramics ICC2. It involved representatives of African Countries (Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania) and European scientists. The aim of Ceramics & Brotherhood is the transfer of appropriate ceramic technologies to African Countries. Professor Joseph Davidovits is [...]
F.A.A. paper on fire-resistant geopolymer application
Dr. R. Lyon from Federal Aviation Administration, USA and Dr. P. Balaguru from Rutgers University, NJ, USA, have published a new paper involving the use of a geopolymer coating on light balsa wood, for aircraft application. The title of the paper: Use of Inorganic Polymer to Improve the Fire Response of Balsa Sandwich Structures J. [...]
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
US Air Force satisfied with geopolymer developments
Report from the Air Force Research Laboratory on geopolymer research and developments report project number 9. AFRL is funding and conducting cutting-edge geopolymer research. Both intramural and extramural research has led to the development of new ceramics materials that possess superior properties, leading to more cost-effective choices in the design of future Air Force (AF) [...]
New paper from the geopolymer group at ANSTO, Australia
Paper by Dan S Perera and Rachael L Trautman from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Introduction: developments and applications in geopolymer
Materials for the Third Millennium Think Geopolymer and Geosynthesis! The last few years have seen spectacular technological progress in the development of geosynthesis and geopolymeric applications. New state-of-the-art materials designed with the help of geopolymerisation reactions are opening up new applications and procedures, and transforming ideas that have been taken for granted in inorganic and [...]
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".